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Title: Western Electric touch tone dial card font & font size
Post by: oldguy on June 18, 2016, 05:34:40 PM
I've searched & can't find any information on Western Electric touch tone dial card font & font size. I have 2500s, princess & trimline phones They appear to use the same dial card. Maybe they aren't called dial cards because they aren't on the dial is why I can't find any info. Any help would be appreciated. I would like to make some for my phones. 
Title: Re: Western Electric touch tone dial card font & font size
Post by: andre_janew on June 18, 2016, 05:48:14 PM
Try number cards or phone number cards.  It might work!
Title: Re: Western Electric touch tone dial card font & font size
Post by: unbeldi on June 18, 2016, 05:51:07 PM
Here is a sheet that has been floating around the Internet somewhere.

Other than that, check out  BSP 501-150-100, Issue 7, Sept. 1980, it has images of others.
Title: Re: Western Electric touch tone dial card font & font size
Post by: compubit on June 19, 2016, 08:39:56 AM
Early 70s used Future for the font with AREA CODE. The actual area code, though, could be any of several options. I believe that Franklin Gothic (light or book) was used in the advertising literature for area code and number.

I think (memory...) Southwestern Bell used Futura for the 713 area code, and then stamped the rest of the number.

Jim
Title: Re: Western Electric touch tone dial card font & font size
Post by: oldguy on June 20, 2016, 11:30:37 AM
Thanks andre_janew, unbeldi & Jim. I will follow up on those things.
Title: Re: Western Electric touch tone dial card font & font size
Post by: david@london on June 20, 2016, 11:45:45 AM
gary-
i found the images in this pdf on the forum quite a while ago
.....cannot locate it now, but have printed out numbercards from it successfully.