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Data 70 Techno Display

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Data 70 is the sound a computer makes made visible. Bob Newman drew it for Letraset in 1970 as a square, machine-like display face imitating the MICR E-13B magnetic-ink numerals a bank cheque reader scans — all notched stems and blocky terminals. It became the definitive space-age techno font, seen across TV consoles and the corridors of Space: 1999.

We read that heritage as a single lit panel: a dark console ground under cyan CRT luminance. Everything glows from within — headings burn, structure is drawn in deep teal, and the body recedes so the display face can carry the whole space-terminal mood.

Learn more about the Data 70 Techno Display style

  • OriginUnited Kingdom
  • Period1970 (Letraset dry-transfer release); revived digitally ~1990s onward
  • DesignerBob Newman
  • MovementsSpace-age techno display lettering · Dry-transfer Letraset era

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