On Tue, 2005-11-15 at 11:37 -0500, steve szmidt wrote:
> On Tuesday 15 November 2005 10:32, Bob Foxworth wrote:
> >
> > In addition if you look slantwise across the letter tops
> > you can see this effect. I think you would find this
> > to be the case on any Sony device, Proof is left
> > as an exercise for the reader.
> >
> > My question is, why did they do this. (No it is
> > not important) but I wanted to correct an apparent
> > misunderstanding of exactly what I said.
>
> I still say it's a faithful representation of the fonts in that (font) family.
> Letters like S and O ARE often differently sized in serif fonts.
>
I have to agree with Bob. For the longest time they even distorted the
horizontal translation on the N and Y as well as vertical on the casette
tape wrappers. I wish I could find the version of the logo from the
late 80's. google images is getting me nowhere.
Mike Branda Jr.
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