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<blockquote style="position: relative; padding-left: 55px;"><section><a href="https://urbanists.social/users/tml/statuses/114294761590641365">Tor Lillqvist (tml@urbanists.social)'s status on Monday, 07-Apr-2025 14:22:16 JST</a><a href="https://urbanists.social/@tml" title="tml@urbanists.social"><img src="https://gnusocial.jp/avatar/85620-48-20241024174827.webp" width="48" height="48" alt="Tor Lillqvist" style="position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0;">Tor Lillqvist</a></section><article><p>What is the typeface on this iconic album? Reminds me a bit of the MS33558 font used in American military aircraft cockpits. (But it isn’t that.)</p><p>Looking closer, I think the album cover might have been even better with the slightly simpler military font. The curve of the R leg looks a bit off in the otherwise very industrial and almost Gorton-like typeface.</p><p><a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/fonts" rel="tag">#fonts</a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/typography" rel="tag">#typography</a></p></article><footer><a rel="bookmark" href="https://gnusocial.jp/conversation/4856904#notice-9513738">In conversation</a><time datetime="2025-04-07T14:22:16+09:00" title="Monday, 07-Apr-2025 14:22:16 JST">about a year ago</time> <span>from <span><a href="https://urbanists.social/@tml/114294761590641365" rel="external" title="Sent from urbanists.social via ActivityPub">urbanists.social</a></span></span><a href="https://urbanists.social/@tml/114294761590641365">permalink</a><h4>Attachments</h4><ol><li><label><a rel="external" href="https://gnusocial.jp/attachment/4427690">Album cover featuring a black textured background with a diamond plate pattern. The title "TALKING HEADS" and "FEAR OF MUSIC" are displayed in bold green rectangular boxes.</a></label><br><a href="https://cdn.masto.host/urbanistssocial/media_attachments/files/114/294/733/990/920/191/original/a3d2cba6a9c83eb4.jpeg" rel="external">https://cdn.masto.host/urbanistssocial/media_attachments/files/114/294/733/990/920/191/original/a3d2cba6a9c83eb4.jpeg</a></li><li><label><a rel="external" href="https://gnusocial.jp/attachment/4427691">An image displaying uppercase letters A-Z and numerals 0-9 in a military standard format. The text at the bottom references specifications and standardization details.</a></label><br><a href="https://cdn.masto.host/urbanistssocial/media_attachments/files/114/294/755/438/419/211/original/eaf7ad8041d8eb50.jpeg" rel="external">https://cdn.masto.host/urbanistssocial/media_attachments/files/114/294/755/438/419/211/original/eaf7ad8041d8eb50.jpeg</a></li></ol></footer></blockquote>

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Tor Lillqvist (tml@urbanists.social)'s status on Monday, 07-Apr-2025 14:22:16 JST Tor Lillqvist
What is the typeface on this iconic album? Reminds me a bit of the MS33558 font used in American military aircraft cockpits. (But it isn’t that.)
Looking closer, I think the album cover might have been even better with the slightly simpler military font. The curve of the R leg looks a bit off in the otherwise very industrial and almost Gorton-like typeface.
#fonts #typography
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1. Album cover featuring a black textured background with a diamond plate pattern. The title "TALKING HEADS" and "FEAR OF MUSIC" are displayed in bold green rectangular boxes.
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2. An image displaying uppercase letters A-Z and numerals 0-9 in a military standard format. The text at the bottom references specifications and standardization details.
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