Dang, they're all non-free. Can't really use it for applications then. Or maybe I can, I don't design stuff for wide distribution.

Sounds like it was based on the paste-up lettering common at the time which makes some sense. We in archaeology were still using that for maps and such pretty recently.

I really liked the displays from the film, especially after looking at them again in the DVD and among various web sites. The lettering was clear and easily readable.

Here's some links on HAL, 2001, etc. I came across while looking into this. The HAL screensaver is really pretty neat.

[link|http://mental-pictures.com/hal9000/?HAL1.0/hal_1.0.html~main|http://mental-pictur...hal_1.0.html~main]
[link|http://www.palantir.net/2001/|http://www.palantir.net/2001/]

Makes me rather long for the days when computers only made me swear when I screwed them up (i.e., pre-Microsoft)

The Eurostile seemed to work nicely. Here's two links to test screens:

[link|http://www.acagle.net/images/CASS-HAL-A.gif|http://www.acagle.ne...es/CASS-HAL-A.gif]

[link|http://www.acagle.net/images/CASS-HAL-B.gif|http://www.acagle.ne...es/CASS-HAL-B.gif]

I'm trying to make them a bit less mainframey.

Well, our data entry person doesn't. I entered some with the light blue one and I liked it better I think. But then, I always found it easier on the eyes to use a more monochrome screen.