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printable TT dial cards

Started by HarrySmith, March 01, 2024, 10:10:02 AM

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HarrySmith

I thought we had a program on here to print TT dial cards but I have searched and cannot find it. I found a bunch for rotary cards but nothing for TT. I want to print one for the 3354 I just completed for my friend. I put a blank card in it but it does not look great. Can anybody point me to a place to print one?
Thanks, Harry
Harry Smith
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MaximRecoil

I replicated an original dial card that came with a 2500 of mine (a Western Electric that had been refurbished with AT&T-branded plastics before I got it).

It's easy to replicate if you have vector software (I used Adobe Illustrator, but Inkscape would work just as well and is free). The size is 1.7" × 0.422" and the font is FuturaEF-DemiBold (11.5-point with each number spaced farther apart than you get if you simply type it) which should be easy to find online for free. The AT&T logo is easy enough to find in vector form online too, so that can just be scaled to the right size and dropped in. I also made a version with the Bell System logo instead of the AT&T logo.

In any case, if you have vector software you can make any kind of dial card. It's far more versatile than a dial card generator type program. It can be done in a raster program too (like Photoshop), but you have to pay attention to PPI if you want good print quality (you'd want at least 300 PPI), whereas you don't have to worry about PPI with vector graphics.