Hold on! I can't keep up with you guys!
Pronounciation is low-tar, like the cigarettes.
The T is a T (in German)! Trust me! I went to university with a fair number of Germans!
Also, it would be Lood-weeg.
Having got that out of the way...
OT, but keep in mind numbers weren't using 'fonts' then, just whatever a sign painter had in mind.
For modeling, you would use whatever actual font was close to the original, is that right?
Fair point - however, I do believe sign painters learn and apply certain font styles and will often paint something that approximates an 'official' font.
For model making, I either redraw the numbers from scratch on my computer or trace them from images, or, as you say I find closely matched fonts which I then customise to match what I need.
It's all about the fidelity... if you didn't already know from my many, many trivial questions on this forum!