[Coco] 1980s Tandy-Style Font?

J.P. Samson coco+list at jeanpaulsamson.com
Mon Dec 27 23:13:26 EST 2010


On Dec. 27, 2010, at 6:58 PM, Joel Ewy wrote:

> I'd like to find a free Truetype font that replicates the Tandy  
> typeface used at that time.  I'm aware of Larabie's Crystal Radio  
> Set font, which is really nice, but is more '60s - '70s.  I guess it  
> would match a CoCo I.  I'll use it if I can't find anything better,  
> but I wondered if anybody on this list knew of something more like  
> the newer Tandy style.

The best matches I could find didn't have the stylized 'T' and 'A' as  
appear in the TANDY logo, but otherwise looked to have the correct  
proportions:

<http://new.myfonts.com/fonts/castletype/standard/extended-bold/>
<http://new.myfonts.com/fonts/tilde/zurich/black-extended/>
<http://new.myfonts.com/fonts/bitstream/zurich/black-extended/>

Try typing "TANDY" into the sample textbox and see what you think.

-- JP




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