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17-5-2021 08:54:44  #1


Font Name ? Facit 1620

Would anyone know what Facit called this font style ?

It's on a nice Facit 1620 that I have in-coming.
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17-5-2021 09:03:26  #2


Re: Font Name ? Facit 1620


Learned watchmaker and office machine enthusiast from Germany.

 
 

17-5-2021 10:56:07  #3


Re: Font Name ? Facit 1620

Thank you.  It is very similar to the font on my 1964 Hermes 3000.

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17-5-2021 14:30:04  #4


Re: Font Name ? Facit 1620

Facit predominantly used typefaces from two foundries, so it didn't have its own unique typeface. The company used typefaces supplied by the Swiss manufacturer Caracteres, which also supplied Hermes, Patria, Swissa, Halda (and later Facit), and the German manufacturer Ransmayer & Rodrian, which supplied too many brands to list here.

When the machine arrives and you can look at a type slug, my guess is that it will be stamped CSA 14A (Caracteres).


The pronoun has always been capitalized in the English language for more than 700 years.
 

17-5-2021 18:25:55  #5


Re: Font Name ? Facit 1620

Thanks Uwe...will report back when the machine lands here at our home.


 

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20-5-2021 16:01:11  #6


Re: Font Name ? Facit 1620

Hi Uwe,

Yes...type-slugs are marked "CSA" and "11A" (which I assume is a font/style order number).  Very nice cubic font.

It will be on my cleaning bench, tomorrow morning.
 

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21-5-2021 07:40:39  #7


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Ready to join the clan. 

SN places it as a 1969-made machine...
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21-5-2021 09:29:48  #8


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That's pretty. Now I want one. Kinda stretches my idea of "portable" though...

 

21-5-2021 10:03:57  #9


Re: Font Name ? Facit 1620

Hi Overwood,

The Facit 1620 is about the same width of my Olympia SM9 and about 1" less deep than the SM9.

The 1620 weighs 13.4 lbs. without its case, while my SM9 weighs 15.8 lbs. without its case.
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21-5-2021 12:25:04  #10


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Yeah but the Olympia has a 1 key. Those are heavy.

 

 

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