Hamilton Cabinet Pica Gauge Font/Figures

dadofguads2
on 13 May 20 (12:22)

Howdy. I am laser-recreating the pica gauges attached to Hamilton furniture and reglet cabinets as mine are missing. Anyone out there able to identify the font used for the figures/numbers? The numeral ‘1’ seems unique. See attached.

Let me know if anyone needs replacements/new, I will be engraving these as soon as I discover the font, or substitute something close, and can make extras.

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Nickel Plate Press
on 13 May 20 (23:16)

Updated 13 May 20 (23:17)

The closest metal typefaces that I can think of are Blair (Gothic) and Mitchell from ATF, although not precisely the same.

As a quick substitute, maybe consider one of the lighter versions of Copperplate Gothic.

Michael Vickey
Nickel Plate Press

dadofguads2
on 14 May 20 (13:32)

thanks Michael

risingsun
on 22 May 20 (08:27)

Late to the party here but I might be interested depending on cost. Have a need for a couple.

Dan

dadofguads2
on 23 May 20 (19:52)

hey Dan, free to you sir, just for asking, just pay for the shipping, send me an email

Tony

mephits
on 29 May 20 (10:09)

Most likely the face was hand-drafted originally, and then an engraving master (or masters) produced from that draft. I doubt you’ll find a modern, electronic typeface that really matches it. Bitstream Gothic 725 comes close, but isn’t quite the same. Same for Akzidenz Grotesk. You may be able to use one of them and modify it to get closer to the original, though.
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Michael Hurley
Titivilus Press
Memphis, TN

dadofguads
on 5 Jun 20 (17:35)

Thanks Michael - I will compare those fonts.