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Title: Nintendo "Entertainment System" Font , anyone ever come across this?
Post by: TadChower on September 07, 2006, 04:13:21 pm
Just me again,


I was just wondering if during anyone's quest for artwork & fonts , arcade related, if they ever came across the font used in the words "Entertainment System" on the face on the 8bit NES?

Even trying sites like Identifont & WhatTheFont, I'm not quite able to find a match, of any kind.

Would you classify it as a SciFi style font?

Thanks
Title: Re: Nintendo "Entertainment System" Font , anyone ever come across this?
Post by: motorfish on September 07, 2006, 06:12:53 pm
Looks like an alternate verison of the "namco" font, with capital versions of some of the letters (like "E" and "A")

Original Namco font:

(http://motorfish.homestead.com/files/misc/Untitled-1_copy.jpg)

As you can see, many of the letters match up, but not all.
Title: Re: Nintendo "Entertainment System" Font , anyone ever come across this?
Post by: TadChower on September 07, 2006, 09:27:59 pm
Looks like an alternate verison of the "namco" font, with capital versions of some of the letters (like "E" and "A")

Original Namco font:

(http://motorfish.homestead.com/files/misc/Untitled-1_copy.jpg)

As you can see, many of the letters match up, but not all.


That'll work.  :) I would have never guessed the Namco font. But you're right , I can make a few mods to it, and come up with something really cool.

Thanks.

Gabe
Title: Re: Nintendo "Entertainment System" Font , anyone ever come across this?
Post by: BamBam on September 24, 2006, 06:26:26 pm
Go here for the "pretendo font file http://vectorlib2.free.fr/Fonts/Pretendo.zip

John
Title: Re: Nintendo "Entertainment System" Font , anyone ever come across this?
Post by: motorfish on September 26, 2006, 07:56:05 pm
The "pretendo" font is the wrong font for what he's looking for.
Title: Re: Nintendo "Entertainment System" Font , anyone ever come across this?
Post by: BamBam on September 26, 2006, 09:28:40 pm
Whoops.  :-[
Title: Re: Nintendo "Entertainment System" Font , anyone ever come across this?
Post by: motorfish on September 27, 2006, 02:11:11 am
no worries. It appears to be a sort of hybrid version of the Namco font. ^_^
Title: Re: Nintendo "Entertainment System" Font , anyone ever come across this?
Post by: TadChower on September 27, 2006, 09:26:41 am
Whoops.  :-[

Don't worry about it. Your heart was in the right place, and it's pretty cool you were looking to help.

Like motorfish said, it appeared to be a Namco style font ,which after I tweaked it a bit in PS , it turned out alright.

Cheers to both of you :cheers:

gabe