jhb171achill Posted August 16, 2019 Share Posted August 16, 2019 Thanks to Roderick Bruce for this, it might be useful to those modelling CIE steam. 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenderg Posted August 16, 2019 Share Posted August 16, 2019 This extends further @jhb171achill, I've seen this oddball font later on, and I suspect it was done by some chap in a drawing office, as it makes no "design" sense. The central "O" in the 6 should be an ellipse, rather than a circle, and similarly with the 9. The central extension on the "3" should be straight, not curved, and the "2" is wild wrong. From a font design POV, , it's rubbish, but that's why we don't use a font off the web - all our stuff has custom letters and numbers, like the above. CIE are going to keep me busy til I get into a pine box... Very grateful for this. Richie. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broithe Posted August 16, 2019 Share Posted August 16, 2019 34 minutes ago, Glenderg said: This extends further @jhb171achill, I've seen this oddball font later on, and I suspect it was done by some chap in a drawing office, as it makes no "design" sense. The central "O" in the 6 should be an ellipse, rather than a circle, and similarly with the 9. The central extension on the "3" should be straight, not curved, and the "2" is wild wrong. From a font design POV, , it's rubbish, but that's why we don't use a font off the web - all our stuff has custom letters and numbers, like the above. CIE are going to keep me busy til I get into a pine box... Very grateful for this. Richie. On a lot of the motorway signs near me, the 8s are often upside down, as (not very clearly) seen here - https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@52.6981227,-2.1048587,3a,17.8y,358.6h,90.68t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1smqB2k9PyYAA5hg158CqrJQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656 - with the 'big' part at the top - this prompted a local musician friend to pen a song about this one, his favourite sign, which meant that he was nearly back home again after yet another gig. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhb171achill Posted August 16, 2019 Author Share Posted August 16, 2019 I hear ya, Glenderg! (Glad it was long after jhb171Senior's time in the Inchicore Drawing Office! ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiveController Posted August 17, 2019 Share Posted August 17, 2019 Probably a lot of other things hanging around on CIE steam too ... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heirflick Posted August 18, 2019 Share Posted August 18, 2019 Always wondered what went on here with Dunluse Castle......... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broithe Posted August 18, 2019 Share Posted August 18, 2019 4 hours ago, heirflick said: Always wondered what went on here with Dunluse Castle......... Run out of 7s, found a spare 2...? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heirflick Posted August 19, 2019 Share Posted August 19, 2019 14 hours ago, Broithe said: Run out of 7s, found a spare 2...? seems to be the case! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WRENNEIRE Posted August 19, 2019 Share Posted August 19, 2019 Seemed to be very common with NCC signage 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevieB Posted August 19, 2019 Share Posted August 19, 2019 So 7 is not quite a 2 upside down. Stephen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NIR Posted August 19, 2019 Share Posted August 19, 2019 (edited) Looks ancestral to the 'wild west wanted poster' white on maroon early NIR typeface somehow, a font family known as French Clarendon apparently (those 7s seem to appear in French cursive handwriting). Anyone any idea what the NCC, UTA, NIR typefaces actually were? Edited August 19, 2019 by NIR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhb171achill Posted August 19, 2019 Author Share Posted August 19, 2019 On 8/18/2019 at 12:59 AM, DiveController said: Probably a lot of other things hanging around on CIE steam too ... Now THAT is something I’d love to have - 532 was a D16 4.4.0 “Achill Bogie”! And still in GSR grey! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WRENNEIRE Posted August 19, 2019 Share Posted August 19, 2019 One of my favourites, J15 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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