A long shot.
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A long shot. Does anyone know if the font/typeface that Casio used for the keys on their calculators back in the days is available as TrueType or SVG anywhere? I am weirdly fascinated by it and would love to use it for some displays.
@jwildeboer Maybe @FontsInUse has the answer: https://
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A long shot. Does anyone know if the font/typeface that Casio used for the keys on their calculators back in the days is available as TrueType or SVG anywhere? I am weirdly fascinated by it and would love to use it for some displays.
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A long shot. Does anyone know if the font/typeface that Casio used for the keys on their calculators back in the days is available as TrueType or SVG anywhere? I am weirdly fascinated by it and would love to use it for some displays.
@ilkkajii might have some clues.
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A long shot. Does anyone know if the font/typeface that Casio used for the keys on their calculators back in the days is available as TrueType or SVG anywhere? I am weirdly fascinated by it and would love to use it for some displays.
@jwildeboer I can't help unfortunately, but thank you for the nostalgia! I had exactly that model when studying and it is a great font.
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A long shot. Does anyone know if the font/typeface that Casio used for the keys on their calculators back in the days is available as TrueType or SVG anywhere? I am weirdly fascinated by it and would love to use it for some displays.
@jwildeboer I'd say that is the Eurostyle font.
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A long shot. Does anyone know if the font/typeface that Casio used for the keys on their calculators back in the days is available as TrueType or SVG anywhere? I am weirdly fascinated by it and would love to use it for some displays.
@jwildeboer Eurostile or Microgramma
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A long shot. Does anyone know if the font/typeface that Casio used for the keys on their calculators back in the days is available as TrueType or SVG anywhere? I am weirdly fascinated by it and would love to use it for some displays.
@jwildeboer
my guess:
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handel_GothicEDIT: Ich hab nur das "Complex" und besonders das runde E betrachtet. Für die anderen Texte ist es wohl eine andere Font.
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A long shot. Does anyone know if the font/typeface that Casio used for the keys on their calculators back in the days is available as TrueType or SVG anywhere? I am weirdly fascinated by it and would love to use it for some displays.
@jwildeboer It is very similar to Eurostile. There is a free version of that around called QT Eurotype (developed for use in LaTeX iirc but available as OpenType)
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A long shot. Does anyone know if the font/typeface that Casio used for the keys on their calculators back in the days is available as TrueType or SVG anywhere? I am weirdly fascinated by it and would love to use it for some displays.
@jwildeboer I ran it through "whatthefont" and it said https://www.myfonts.com/products/heavy-handel-gothic-arabic-369693?queryId=undefined&index=universal_search_data&objectIDs=5834974000
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A long shot. Does anyone know if the font/typeface that Casio used for the keys on their calculators back in the days is available as TrueType or SVG anywhere? I am weirdly fascinated by it and would love to use it for some displays.
@jwildeboer WOW .. I never seen another one using a calculator like this .. I have the CASIO fx-570W is nearly identical but is not solar powered. These are the ONLY calculators I know/ever seen that have the 'engineering units' ( micro, mega, nano, pico, etc. ) directly printed and visible on the keys ! I never seen any other calculator with such a feature !
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A long shot. Does anyone know if the font/typeface that Casio used for the keys on their calculators back in the days is available as TrueType or SVG anywhere? I am weirdly fascinated by it and would love to use it for some displays.
@jwildeboer this feels like a @foone question
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A long shot. Does anyone know if the font/typeface that Casio used for the keys on their calculators back in the days is available as TrueType or SVG anywhere? I am weirdly fascinated by it and would love to use it for some displays.
@jwildeboer There are different Fonts at play here. The one on the buttons looks like Eurostyle.
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A long shot. Does anyone know if the font/typeface that Casio used for the keys on their calculators back in the days is available as TrueType or SVG anywhere? I am weirdly fascinated by it and would love to use it for some displays.
@jwildeboer @mwichary may know (knows more about keyboards than anyone and a lot about fonts)
I'm assuming you don't mean the LCD typeface btw.
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A long shot. Does anyone know if the font/typeface that Casio used for the keys on their calculators back in the days is available as TrueType or SVG anywhere? I am weirdly fascinated by it and would love to use it for some displays.
Thank you all! Consensus seems to be that Eurostile [1] and Microgramma-d [2] are very close. The TTFs that Casio itself distributes [3] for teachers are not really that clean, in my opinion, and only contain the keys, not the other characters.
UPDATE: Bitstream Square 721 Std is even closer and might be The One
[1] https://fontsgeek.com/eurostile-font
[2] https://fontsgeek.com/microgramma-d-extended-font
[3] https://edu.casio.com/forteachers/er/fontsets/index.php -
A long shot. Does anyone know if the font/typeface that Casio used for the keys on their calculators back in the days is available as TrueType or SVG anywhere? I am weirdly fascinated by it and would love to use it for some displays.
@jwildeboer it looks like a vertically squashed version of Eurostile
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@jwildeboer @mwichary may know (knows more about keyboards than anyone and a lot about fonts)
I'm assuming you don't mean the LCD typeface btw.
@samueljohnson Correct. I mean the characters on the keys and on the case around the keys. @mwichary
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A long shot. Does anyone know if the font/typeface that Casio used for the keys on their calculators back in the days is available as TrueType or SVG anywhere? I am weirdly fascinated by it and would love to use it for some displays.
„COMPLEX“: ITC Handel
„C-POWER SYSTEM“ etc. and the buttons: Bitstream Square 721 Std Extended -
Thank you all! Consensus seems to be that Eurostile [1] and Microgramma-d [2] are very close. The TTFs that Casio itself distributes [3] for teachers are not really that clean, in my opinion, and only contain the keys, not the other characters.
UPDATE: Bitstream Square 721 Std is even closer and might be The One
[1] https://fontsgeek.com/eurostile-font
[2] https://fontsgeek.com/microgramma-d-extended-font
[3] https://edu.casio.com/forteachers/er/fontsets/index.php@jwildeboer
Eurostyle Extended Demi or Bold, to be exact. -
@jwildeboer it looks like a vertically squashed version of Eurostile
@jwildeboer The reason why I could tell so quickly is that Eurostile is very distinct and widely used in signage. You might already have it installed. Upon looking into it, I think it might be Eurostile Extended
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„COMPLEX“: ITC Handel
„C-POWER SYSTEM“ etc. and the buttons: Bitstream Square 721 Std Extended@wysiwyg_ That is the closest candidate, thank you!
