Talk:Westminster (typeface)

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This is interesting... my copy of Mac OS X didn't come with this font. Should I sue, or is the author mistaken? Nucleusboy 15:31, 18 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

My copy of Mac OS X doesn't have it either, and I don't think either Panther or Tiger include it. I remember seeing this on a Windows 98 computer once - I think it was used in a Plus! theme. --Bryan Nguyen | Talk 06:47, 23 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

So does that qualify it as being bundled with Win98? --Nucleusboy 00:17, 31 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Article updated. --Kuroki Mio 2006 21:09, 16 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

So...[edit]

Where would one download this font? It was in my version of Win 98, but since upgrading to XP, I lost it. Now, I want it again! — Supuhstar

Bank[edit]

Presumably the bank referred to in the text is NatWest - formerly known as the National Westminster? If so why is this not linked? Thryduulf 16:26, 9 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Use in early Strong Bad Emails[edit]

Is the use of Westminster in the early Strong Bad Emails on Homestar Runner(.com) worth mentioning here? YAOMTC (talk) 22:24, 20 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

MICR derivative[edit]

This font appears to be a derivative of the MICR typeface used on checks. If the article is to be expanded by anyone in the know especially regarding its history, this article should probably be moved to its standard name whichever it is. --Voidvector (talk) 10:59, 17 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Actual use for OCR[edit]

Is it really designed to be read by computers, or is is just designed to look - to humans - like the MICR numerals which are designed to be read by computers? I suspect the latter. A MICR reader would have a lot of trouble distinguishing, for instance, Westminster's capital M and W. 130.179.29.61 (talk) 21:27, 10 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

It's inspired by MICR, but not intended to be read by computers. See, for example, the Microsoft description here: [1]. I'm going to go ahead and take that part out. Kendall-K1 (talk) 18:46, 18 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Data 70[edit]

If we have someone here who knows very well of the Data 70 font, they could potentially spin the font off into its own article from Westminster (typeface). FlapjackRulez (talk) 03:20, 29 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]