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Re: The hardest working font in Manhattan (2025)

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

As a non-American, I don’t even understand today what that means. (And the website linked to isn’t loading, so I don’t have the context from that.)

License plates vary between countries but this description should be recognisable to most of the world.

We use "AA AA 1234" or variations of that, so the examples did not register as license plates at all. Interesting.

Re: The hardest working font in Manhattan (2025)

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The Gorton machines being initially developed by a lens manufacturer made a lot of sense given the 1920s brochure material the author included earlier. That material (unlike the later versions presented) focused on the machine's ability to do circular engravings (exactly the speciality the lens text presumably needed)

Re: The hardest working font in Manhattan (2025)

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It's a pretty font and gives that instant retro look on keyboards for example. I've tried it on the computer with "Gorton Digital" and that's just terrible, I can't recommend it. The spacing/kerning is all wrong. Hoping someone takes on the project of making a nice digital font, potentially a mono-spaced one too.

List of digitized versions: https://webonastick.com/fonts/routed-gothic/

Nice one, thanks!

Re: The hardest working font in Manhattan (2025)

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

As a non-American, I don’t even understand today what that means. (And the website linked to isn’t loading, so I don’t have the context from that.)

I believe those are car license plate numbers.

British ones of various vintage, with RFS 131Y the oldest of those, from 1983.

Re: The hardest working font in Manhattan (2025)

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It's a pretty font and gives that instant retro look on keyboards for example. I've tried it on the computer with "Gorton Digital" and that's just terrible, I can't recommend it. The spacing/kerning is all wrong. Hoping someone takes on the project of making a nice digital font, potentially a mono-spaced one too.

The author is selling "Gorton Perfected" for $20: https://shifthappens.site/store/

Re: The hardest working font in Manhattan (2025)

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post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

License plates vary between countries but this description should be recognisable to most of the world.

We use "AA AA 1234" or variations of that, so the examples did not register as license plates at all. Interesting.

Regardless of the content, what other 50x11cm mass produced metal signs are there? I was thinking street name signs, before reading the examples.

Re: The hardest working font in Manhattan (2025)

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

We use "AA AA 1234" or variations of that, so the examples did not register as license plates at all. Interesting.

Regardless of the content, what other 50x11cm mass produced metal signs are there? I was thinking street name signs, before reading the examples.

The comment described them as made out of plastic, while license plates here are usually made from aluminum, so I was thinking more along the lines of some kind of packaging.
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