lancer1027 Posted November 12, 2016 Share Posted November 12, 2016 Quick question really, does anyone know the name of the font used for the class 42/43 Warship nameplates.? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Andy Kirkham Posted November 12, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 12, 2016 The form of the letters is one traditionally used on Great Western nameplates since the 19th Century and is sometimes referred to as "Egyptian". But I suspect that it doesn't correspond closely with any computer font. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted November 12, 2016 Share Posted November 12, 2016 The form of the letters is one traditionally used on Great Western nameplates since the 19th Century and is sometimes referred to as "Egyptian". But I suspect that it doesn't correspond closely with any computer font. Very close Andy, but I'm sure I read somewhere that Misha Black altered some of the letters very slightly when he drew up the Warship plates for Swindon to have a look at. In fact it might even be mentioned in 'The Book Of The Warships' (can't find my copy, the cat's probably eaten it!). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
K14 Posted November 12, 2016 Share Posted November 12, 2016 The name itself looks to be a slightly modified version of the GWR nameplate font, but I can't pin down the 'Warship Class' face exactly. That said, here's a quick 'n' dirty Photoshop mash-up using 'Swindon' and 'Franklin Gothic Heavy' :— Here's the unadulterated version for comparison:— Not a perfect match (& I did mess around with horizontal scaling and tracking/kerning), but probably close enough for most needs. You can download the Swindon font here:— OTF - https://www.dropbox.com/s/1hcxvx2cpdm7yqy/Swindon.otf?dl=0 TTF - https://www.dropbox.com/s/dubdohrq99q4xbs/Swindon.ttf?dl=0 A Zip file containing the *.afm, *.pfm, *.pfb & *.inf files for Adobe Type-1 - https://www.dropbox.com/s/dyxjgxtunwc3kaf/T1_Swindon.zip?dl=0 Can't help with Franklin Gothic Heavy as it's copyrighted, but I'm sure it's out there somewhere. Regards, Pete S. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lancer1027 Posted November 12, 2016 Author Share Posted November 12, 2016 Thankyou guys thats certainly helped. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Andy Kirkham Posted November 12, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 12, 2016 A little Googling shows reveals that apparently "Swindon Egyptian" is a variant of Clarendon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarendon_(typeface) "A heavy bold Clarendon was used for the cast brass locomotive nameplates of the Great Western Railway.[44] This was however drawn within the Swindon drawing office, not by a type foundry, and this 'Swindon Egyptian' differed in some aspects, most obviously the numerals used for the cabside numberplates." Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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