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Title: U.S. Military lettering font, what's the proper name?
Post by: wwwarbird on March 29, 2010, 08:25:03 PM
 What is the exact proper name for the lettering font used by the U.S. Military? The photo here is of a sheet from Major Decal and shows the font I'm talking about.
Title: Re: U.S. Military lettering font, what's the proper name?
Post by: Brett Buck on March 29, 2010, 08:52:57 PM
Quote from: wwwarbird on March 29, 2010, 08:25:03 PM
What is the exact proper name for the lettering font used by the U.S. Military? The photo here is of a sheet from Major Decal and shows the font I'm talking about.

   Amarillo USAF is at least one of them.

     Brett
Title: Re: U.S. Military lettering font, what's the proper name?
Post by: Tim Wescott on March 29, 2010, 09:05:47 PM
According to the specification, "Modified block letter form"

Go here, http://www.everyspec.com/MIL-SPECS/MIL+SPECS+%28MIL-I%29/MIL-I-18464G_6494/, download the PDF, and thumb down 41 pages to figure 2.
Title: Re: U.S. Military lettering font, what's the proper name?
Post by: wwwarbird on March 29, 2010, 10:04:26 PM
 Brett,

 I typed "Amarillo USAF font" into Google and came up with an awsome site called dafont.com. There it was, the Amarillo USAF font is VERY close to what I've been after.
 dafont.com looks like a really cool site. I was able to pick a font, type in a test word and hit submit and get a preview of what it looks like.

 I guess I knew it but while researching this I'm re-discovering that there are even slight differences in the fonts that our military has used depending on the era. I'm searching for what would be proper from the beginning of WWII through the 50's and maybe 60's. Just being picky, and determined. ;D

 Tim,

 I tried your suggestion and only came up with one page showing a font that is close but not quite right for the time period I'm looking for. It looked like what they use today, just slightly different than WWII through the 60's.

 THANKS!!!