Re: Looking for Apple ][ era Apple Logo font

[Rubywand <rubywand@swbell.net>]

"Jon Bettenct (formerly Mr.I'mAnOutOfControlLisaSimpsonFannnn)" writes ...
> 
> All right. I'm going to solve this once and for all.
> 
> The font used on the Apple IIgs and Macintosh is called Apple Garamond.
> The font used on the Apple II's (and the font requested by the original
> poster) is called Cupertino. Somebody said that the U in the Cupertino
> font looked different then the U in the "apple computer" label inside the
> machine. I checked and they were _exactly_ the same. Do you understand?
> The font is Cupertino. The case is closed. End of thread.
 ....

     Not quite.

     Check "apple computer inc." in the copy of the original Apple II
Scientific American ad at ...
ftp://ground.ecn.uiowa.edu/apple2/Faqs/R002ADJPIC.JPG .

     The "u" is swept right (i.e the bar side of the "u" is to the right), just
like a typical Courier "u".

     Now, look at a rendering of "apple computer inc." on your GS in the
Cupertino font available on Ground. (Use the largest size for best detail.) 
The "u" is swept left and almost a "v". Which is why the Cupertino font gives
you a very distinctive "v".

     The "r" is different, too. In the add it resembles a a blocky Courier "r".
In Cupertino, the "r" is sliced back to the left at the top. The "n" and "m"
are noticably different, as well.

     In fact, whoever did the ad in "Cupertino" somehow managed to mess up on
just about every character not included in the nameplate logo! Obviously, the
font used for "apple computer inc." is not Cupertino. It is not Cupertino
because no such font existed when the ad was produced.

     Who produced the Cupertino font and when? I do not know. It's certainly
well done, internally consistent, and definitely distinctive. (Check through a
few hundred fonts on the net and you will find few which come even remotely
close in appearance.)

     It seems clear that the Cupertino font came _after_ the nameplates which,
most likely, inspired creation of the font.



Rubywand