Typeface / font from 1980s printed products and solos

[d4caltrops]

I have no real need for this information but I started wondering and now I can't get it off my mind:

Does anyone know what typeface is used as the body text in a bunch of solos and other print products from the 1970s-1980s?

I've seen it in several other publications, too, but I've been unsuccessful in tracking it down. I think it was pretty popular at one point.

For example, it's used in Gamesmen of Kasar: www.drivethrurpg.com/product/364569/Gamesmen-of-Kasar-TT-solo  -- the font is visible as paragraph/body text in the full-size preview

Thank you, Trolls

[quoghmyre]

It was a big old typesetting machine with a custom font. The closest I've found is Oregon LDO Book which I use in the latest few TrollsZine.

[d4caltrops]

Thanks! Maybe I haven't seen it then. It just looks so familiar...

Edit: quoghmyre , "typesetting machine" might have been just the clue I needed, thanks! It looks like it might be Optima by Linotype: www.myfonts.com/fonts/linotype/optima via www.myfonts.com/WhatTheFont/

Apparently everybody copied Linotype and their font styles were dominant through the 1980s ( museumofprinting.org/blog/the-museum-of-printing-type-libraries/ ), and there's a cluster of fonts that look close - Iwata Souchou, Ahoura Bold, Carisma, and Zapf Humanist all look really similar to my eye.

Thanks for indulging me, and maybe this tidbit will be useful to you.

[stefanj]

Liz mentioned something, I forget where, about typefaces. Maybe in the context of fixing up an old publication. As mentioned by quoghmyre a big old specialized machine was involved.

[quoghmyre]

Ah yes Optima looks very close and I think that may have been what Liz said. Sadlly I could not justify the price.