Moore Computer was designed by James H. Moore of
Typographic House, Boston [Cristen Moore-Abdow] and released for
phototypesetting by VGC in 1968 [Splorp]. Jaspert
describes it as an alphabetic extension to E 13 B
(also E-13B, see MICR), a set
of numerals and control characters “designed to meet the needs of
magnetic character recognition in automatic cheque and document
reading equipment.”
The design appears as Moore Computer in
Photoscript’s 1968 catalog, in VGC’s 1972 catalog, and in Phil’s
Photo’s 1980 catalog. Data
Process (Lettergraphics, 1968) and G.K.W.
Computer (Berthold Fototypes/Zipatone, 1974) are very
similar. (neo-) Computer (Headliners, before 1978) is
different only in a few glyphs incl. ‘KW5?’.
Photo-Lettering’s More…
Moore Computer was designed by James H. Moore of Typographic House, Boston [Cristen Moore-Abdow] and released for phototypesetting by VGC in 1968 [Splorp]. Jaspert describes it as an alphabetic extension to E 13 B (also E-13B, see MICR), a set of numerals and control characters “designed to meet the needs of magnetic character recognition in automatic cheque and document reading equipment.”
The design appears as Moore Computer in Photoscript’s 1968 catalog, in VGC’s 1972 catalog, and in Phil’s Photo’s 1980 catalog. Data Process (Lettergraphics, 1968) and G.K.W. Computer (Berthold Fototypes/Zipatone, 1974) are very similar. (neo-) Computer (Headliners, before 1978) is different only in a few glyphs incl. ‘KW5?’. Photo-Lettering’s Magnetic Ink series (4 weights, with lowercase) comes close except for a few glyphs (‘O’ is unmodulated, ‘I’ has thick top and bottom etc.).
Monotype’s digital version is simply named Computer and doesn’t credit the designer.
