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Need Help Finding a Marvel Font
« on: January 19, 2005, 08:42:02 pm »
I'm putting together my instruction sheet for my Marvel Madness arcade machine.  I'd like to create a title using a font close to the Marvel logo (see image).  Does anyone have anything close to this?  A Windows TTF file would be nice if you have it.  Any help would be appreciated.

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Re: Need Help Finding a Marvel Font
« Reply #1 on: January 19, 2005, 08:51:13 pm »
Here is the start of the card

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Re: Need Help Finding a Marvel Font
« Reply #2 on: January 19, 2005, 09:53:47 pm »
It'll be a custom-designed logotype, so you probably won't find an exact match. You might find something similar that they've probably used as a starting point to bastardise into their logo.

I gather Marvel use Comicraft to design their typefaces (for balloon lettering and such).

Interstate is quite similar.


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Re: Need Help Finding a Marvel Font
« Reply #3 on: January 20, 2005, 10:45:16 am »
Thanks Oddfeld.  Although it's a hack, I think it turned out nice.

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Re: Need Help Finding a Marvel Font
« Reply #4 on: January 20, 2005, 11:57:50 am »
Well, the 'N' and the 'D' look a bit out of place. As I said, that font is just a starting point, you'd need to convert it to paths in Illustrator and modify it a bit. There may be well be a font that's a bit closer.

To make it look more like the Marvel logotype I would probably hack the bottom quarter or so of the 'N' off then stretch it vertically back to the same cap height so you end up with a bottom heavy non-symmetrical 'N' (much like the 'A') and make the 'D' more of a semi-circle with no flat part in the middle of the curve (so it's more like the shape of the bowl of the 'R'). Then I would track the letters in more than you have them so they're overlapping a bit more, like they are in 'MARVEL'.

I don't actually have that typeface but here's a quick photoshop visual made from your JPEG so you can see what I mean:

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Re: Need Help Finding a Marvel Font
« Reply #5 on: January 20, 2005, 03:29:36 pm »
Thanks for the help Oddfeld.  I know just enough waste hours trying to get this right :)