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Crypton battery charger

Contributed by Ree on Feb 7th, 2016. Artwork published in
circa 1949
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    Crypton battery charger 1
    Photo: Ree. License: All Rights Reserved.

    Crypton is a battered battery charger from the 1940s, featuring Profil (Haas, 1946; digitized by Bitstream as Decorated 035) for the brand name. “Battery Charger” is rendered in “gaspipe”-style lettering as it was common in this period. Among fonts, Futura Display probably comes closest, with its round ‘E’ and the narrow ‘C’. Some details are off, though. Fresno Black is another typeface in this genre. The brush script for “Home” is also lettering.

    Newspaper ad from 1963
    Source: www.flickr.com Geoff Nowak. License: All Rights Reserved.

    Newspaper ad from 1963

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    1 Comment on “Crypton battery charger”

    1. RS2OOO says:
      Jan 24th, 2019 7:42 pm

      The fonts might be slightly off but the advert is correct on the quality… Mine is still going strong at 56 years old.

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