: 1960s technical charts sans-serif all caps font I'm trying to identify a font of which I don't even have an image, only a very distinct memory. I remember it having seen used in technical
I'm trying to identify a font of which I don't even have an image, only a very distinct memory. I remember it having seen used in technical charts of about the 1950s / 1960s, e.g. diagrams describing the NASA satellite and moon missions. It is sans-serif, all caps, or actually more all small-caps since the letters tend towards a square aspect ratio more typical of small letters. The letters have a very clean appearance with no ornaments, none or almost no variation in line width, straight line ends, and a clear rhythm (without being monospaced). The weight is medium to bold.
Does anyone have an idea what I'm talking about?
Update: Thanks to JennaDesign who found an image containing the font:
What I was thinking of is the font used in the bold labels in the lower part of the image in all small-caps, "mission", "edition", "date". Comparing with the title of the document "flight plan", it appears now as if the other labels are actually the small letters of a small caps font, whose large letters are used in the title.
Does someone know what this font is?
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I think the font you are looking for is LETTER GOTHIC.
It was used in the NASA's 60's documents because it was featured as an standard and eminently readeable by IBM SELECTRIC typewriters used by most American companies and institutions.
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