Another Color Bar Test Graphic Question

[chriskennedycardsharks]

Here is a test graphic in color bar format with a computer generated font that obviously is bigger than a 7x9 matrix.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3522/5699196798_425d0be7c4_m.jpg

Was there ever such a font used in color bar test graphic patterns, or is this a fan made one?

Thanks,
Chris

 

[Bob1370]

Seen one like this at a lot of stations and some network feeds...in each case the black strip in the center carries the ID of the originating control point. I've seen 'em from WIVB Buffalo, WROC-TV and WXXI-TV Rochester, WCBS-TV and CBS Network New York, CBC Toronto, Fox and FX from New York, and more. In each case it's computer-generated at the originating point, not a hard copy graphic card.

 

[chriskennedycardsharks]

Thank you Bob,

However, actually what I meant was the font itself.

Look at this pic and compare it to the previous pic in this thread. There is a big difference between the two fonts in the two computer generated test graphic pictures.

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5102/5699195264_819c57ef71_m.jpg

The latter was definitely used on broadcast stations as it was generated from Tektronix generators. My question is, in the previous picture, because it came from a WNEW-TV yahoo group and it was a reproduction, but it could have been a fan made one, was the font in the previous picture actually used in broadcast test graphics?

I thank you again very much for your help. Have a great day.

- Chris

 

[wbhist]

The repro, I have not seen on any electronic color bars from any generator that I know of, on any broadcast (or even cable) TV station. (The -I and +Q on that first sample was a dead giveaway of it being a fan-made repro.)

 

[The King Bee]

But it's still a good repro...the pluge (the 5, 7.5 and 10 IRE black samples in the bottom 7.5 black stripe) are often forgotten or are off. This looks good.