Font used on F3/F5/F6/F7/B1, etc.?

[JeffYoung]

Anyone know the name of the font used on the front panels of the F3/F5/F6/F7/B1, etc.?

(It's the one where the x-height is a very high percentage of the cap-height.)

Thanks,
Jeff.

 

[JeffYoung]

Oh, and what's standard operating procedure for naming DIY builds: should it be "F3 clone" or "Firstwatt F3 clone" or something else?

 

[Zen Mod]

with FW , you'll be interested in Adresack.otf, Adresack.ttf and PlazaStd.otf

yes, "clone" is mandatory ..... on front or back plate

 

[Soundhappy]

Oh, and what's standard operating procedure for naming DIY builds:
should it be "F3 clone" or "Firstwatt F3 clone" or something else?

F3 DiY 🙂

 

[Michael Rothacher]

The "S" is different. Anyone crack that? 🙂

 

[scottjoplin]

FIII 😱

 

[JeffYoung]

Excellent!

I don't need an exact match; just something with the same feel. Adresack looks pretty good to me:



PS: is there a way to show the actual attachment, rather than a thumbnail?

 

[AndrewT]

That looks nice and has the "feel" of a Pass product without any risk of confusion.

 

[acamilicko]

It's not Adresak, it is Gradl - an old Microsoft font 🙂

Small caps not used, but it is all uppercase with lower font size.

 

[Michael Rothacher]

Well spotted! Thank you 🙂

 

[Zen Mod]

perfect!

 

[acamilicko]

Reverse engineering of everything, even fonts

 

[JeffYoung]

Cool! While they're similar enough, the digits on Gradl are much better.

Cheers,
Jeff.

 

[2 picoDumbs]

Anyone know the name of the font used on the front panels of the F3/F5/F6/F7/B1, etc.?

(It's the one where the x-height is a very high percentage of the cap-height.)

Thanks,
Jeff.

This is probably worth reading.
Quick thoughts on trademark infringement | Logo Design Love
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passing_off

Keep in mind that the way U.S. law reads is that in order to
retain intellectual property rights, such as patents and
trademarks, it is essential to defend them. If a party can point
to a prior example where infringement was allowed or ignored,
then he wields a powerful argument

In a few years the Aleph patent will have expired and become
public domain, although the Aleph trademark will not, at which
time people can sell all the pcb's and amplifiers for profit they
like, calling them something else.

😎

I personally don't know where the line is from being ok to not ok. What ever you do, don't start selling off your gear using those fonts with firstwatt and the product name.

 

[Michael Rothacher]

This is interesting too.

Crash course on trademarks: Limitations on trademark rights (in Trademarks > Crash course @ iusmentis.com)

I don't think Jeff's personal circuit board is in great danger of diluting the brand. 🙂

 

[Zen Mod]

😀

 

[2 picoDumbs]

Good example of what would probably be fine.

 

[Zen Mod]

take care that that one is - "trademarked" , same as OPLDF and Babelfish series

 

[Michael Rothacher]

Guess I should cancel that tattoo appointment. 🙂

 

[Zen Mod]