Defunct 19A0s Computer Company Name Generator

Rob Beschizza 3:23 am Thu Nov 10, 2016

This generates names of Defunct Computer Companies That You're Sure You Can Remember From the 19A0s

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By Rob Beschizza (@beschizza)

Design note: The magic ingredients here are a) a bland, vaguely patrician old-world name, b) hints of the mid-century corporate models unfit for competition with the likes of Microsoft, and c) the genre of typeface that might be described as Business Futuristic.

Fonts: Chintzy CPU by Aenigma;

Rollerball 1975 by Anthony Robinson;

SPACE AGE by Mickey Avenue ;

Alien Encounters by Hipsthetic;

Hurtmold by Billy Argel

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