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cornerpost

18 Apr 2016
06:02:29am

Hi,

Does anyone know what font Bill Steiner uses for his album pages? I'm adding pages for extras and would like to match the font.

Thanks,

Merv

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Tim
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18 Apr 2016
07:24:43am

re: Steiner pages font?

Hi Merv,
It looks like a standard Arial font.

Regards... Tim

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cornerpost

18 Apr 2016
08:20:54am

re: Steiner pages font?

Thanks, Tim. Couldn't make my mind up

Merv

d1stamper

18 Apr 2016
09:12:17am
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re: Steiner pages font?

Looking at his pages under properties it is Arial-ItalicMT and ArialMT, these are both True Type fonts.

I just looked at a different country and it shows Helvetica font.

Doug

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tooler

18 Apr 2016
03:49:26pm

re: Steiner pages font?

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This is a Steiner page for German New Guinea.

keesindy

18 Apr 2016
05:50:09pm

re: Steiner pages font?

I always thought Arial was simply a newer version of Helvetica. Your question prompted me to do a quick Google search and I discovered I was wrong. They were developed independently and there are many more small differences than I had realized.

http://www.fonts.com/content/learning/fyti/typefaces/arial-vs-helvetica

Steiner is probably no longer using the old Adobe Pagemaker software he was still using when I visited him many years ago. I'm not even sure if Pagemaker is compatible with newer versions of Windows. It's been years since I tried to use it. In any case, I'm guessing Bill began using Helvetica and then later switched to Arial, possibly out of necessity depending on which platform and software he upgraded to over the years. Once Microsoft licensed Arial, that font generally displaced the use of Helvetica in the PC marketplace and may have prompted Bill to make a change.

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cornerpost

18 Apr 2016
06:02:29am

Hi,

Does anyone know what font Bill Steiner uses for his album pages? I'm adding pages for extras and would like to match the font.

Thanks,

Merv

auldstampguy

Tim
Collector, Webmaster
18 Apr 2016
07:24:43am

re: Steiner pages font?

Hi Merv,
It looks like a standard Arial font.

Regards... Tim

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"Isaac Asimov once said if his doctor told him he was dying, he wouldn’t lament, he would just type a little faster. "

mncancels.org

cornerpost

18 Apr 2016
08:20:54am

re: Steiner pages font?

Thanks, Tim. Couldn't make my mind up

Merv

d1stamper

18 Apr 2016
09:12:17am

Auctions - Approvals

re: Steiner pages font?

Looking at his pages under properties it is Arial-ItalicMT and ArialMT, these are both True Type fonts.

I just looked at a different country and it shows Helvetica font.

Doug

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tooler

18 Apr 2016
03:49:26pm

re: Steiner pages font?

Image Not Found

This is a Steiner page for German New Guinea.

keesindy

18 Apr 2016
05:50:09pm

re: Steiner pages font?

"I no longer collect, but will never abandon the hobby"