Oddly enough, I don't think there's a commercially available font for the generic beveled/block numbers and nameplate lettering used by most teams. ITC Machine is used by the Dolphins, and most Little League baseball teams.

The socks: Almost all of the photos released so far show pewter-topped socks, but there will be two other options -- a red-topped design (which you can see here) and an orange-topped design (which isn't shown in any of the promo photos). Let's hope they wear the red and orange versions with the pewter pants -- the whole point of football socks is to create visual contrast at the intersection of pant and sock. Pairing the pewter pants with pewter-topped socks creates the dreaded leotard effect.

In short: The Bucs will likely look a lot better in their white jerseys than in their reds, but they'll likely look fairly ridiculous in any case because of those uni numbers. Will we eventually learn to like the clock-radio numbers, just as we eventually came to terms with the pewter? Time will tell, but the hunch here is that we won't.

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