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From: "Paul R DOT Tupaczewski" paultup AT comcast DOT net
Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2016 10:19:26 -0400
Subject: RE: (erielack) Steamtown Images--August 23, 2016 (A0867-A0871 and B0869-B0870)
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> BTW, The font used on the two bill racks shown in B0861 &0862 is identical to that used on all Lackawanna Station Signs.
>
> Bob Bahrs


Bob,

As soon as you said "font" my ears perked up :)

The lettering on the bill racks almost appears hand-drawn. It's a standard Roman font, but the DL&W has TWO Roman variants they
used on their station signs (and truthfully, the version on the bill racks doesn't exactly match either of those, but it's closer to
the Roman lettering applied to some freight cars)

For comparison of the "other Romans," attached is the Chatham station sign (the typeface which I call "prickly Roman" due to the
sharp point on the serifs) and the Summit station sign (which uses the more commonly-used Roman typeface on the DL&W)

- Paul





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