Talk Talk – “My Foolish Friend” single cover
Contributed by Florian Hardwig on Mar 3rd, 2019. Artwork published in
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What does the “m” stand for? Is it mittelshrift? Was there also a Din 16 condensed?
The m with over- and underline stands for Micronorm. Here’s a definition from D. Simmonds, Charts & Graphs. Guidelines for the visual presentation of statistical data, 1980:
These 9 line widths were color-coded for easier use (Violet, Red, White, Yellow, Brown, Blue, Orange, Green, Gray), on technical pens like the Rapidograph and elsewhere. The depicted Letraset sheet has “orange” glyphs, i.e. their size is 10 mm, with 1.0 mm line thickness. See also the Wikipedia entry on ISO 216 which mentions the technical drawing line widths specified in ISO 128, and the matching technical pen widths as specified in ISO 9175–1.