Re: Window stickers

[Gwendolyn Ann Smith <gwen@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

From: "John W Rosa" <johnrosa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, you said...

>You're correct that they'd be done on a standard 
>typewriter of the era, thus the 'font' is 'Courier'.
>[They were typed at the factory-level, not the 
>dealerships].

I don't know about the later ones, but the 64 ones used a sans serif font 
(courier is a serif font), likely off something like an IBM selectric or 
similar (certainly ribboned).

I've uploaded a 1964 window sticker (not Little Car's, sadly) at
http://www.gwensmith.com/interests/rambler/images/windowsticker6418-5.jpg 
- this will give a pretty good idea of the font, including how distressed 
it is from ribbon printing.

There are a number of font foundries that sell font that are as 
distressed (or more) than what you see on the sticker.  If memory serves, 
I used Vintage Typewriter-Telegram when filling out one for Little Car, 
which was fairly close, font-wise, though not 100% accurate.

Cheers,
Gwen Smith

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