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Title: DOND Case # font
Post by: Sonic Whammy on June 13, 2008, 12:17:55 AM

Short and sweet, looking for it for something I'm putting together, and I just plain like it. Does anyone know the name/have a copy of the font you see on the cases on DOND?

Title: DOND Case # font
Post by: BrandonFG on June 13, 2008, 02:58:51 AM

[quote name=\'Sonic Whammy\' post=\'188104\' date=\'Jun 13 2008, 12:17 AM\']
Short and sweet, looking for it for something I'm putting together, and I just plain like it. Does anyone know the name/have a copy of the font you see on the cases on DOND?
[/quote]
Helvetica.

Title: DOND Case # font
Post by: JayDLewis on June 13, 2008, 09:27:10 AM

[quote name=\'fostergray82\' post=\'188123\' date=\'Jun 13 2008, 01:58 AM\']
Helvetica.
[/quote]

Arial would also work (if Helvetica is a pay font).

Title: DOND Case # font
Post by: MikeK on June 13, 2008, 10:05:18 AM

Building off of what Jay said, Arial Black is what I've used in the past.

Title: DOND Case # font
Post by: William_S. on June 13, 2008, 11:27:01 AM

Wouldn't a Franklin Bold font work? I thought it was either an Arial or Franklin on the cases. Or if you wanted to go Aussie then Fusion (or Futura) Light.

Title: DOND Case # font
Post by: Neumms on June 13, 2008, 12:36:14 PM

It's Arial, the poor man's Helvetica. Franklin Bold or Black (that's what ESPN's game graphics are) would be a far more inspired choice.

Title: DOND Case # font
Post by: SRIV94 on June 13, 2008, 12:57:15 PM

[quote name=\'Neumms\' post=\'188156\' date=\'Jun 13 2008, 11:36 AM\']Arial, the poor man's Helvetica.[/quote]

QFT.

Title: DOND Case # font
Post by: Mr. Matté on June 13, 2008, 03:05:41 PM

A third alternate for Helvetica (definitely more accurate than Arial) is the Swiss fonts; can be found under On Screen Graphics, first link here: http://www.qwizx.com/tpirfonts/misc.html (http://\"http://www.qwizx.com/tpirfonts/misc.html\")

Title: DOND Case # font
Post by: BrandonFG on June 13, 2008, 03:22:16 PM

And just because, if you need the "standard" D/ND font (used in the logo, and spaces on the money tree), it's Eurostile Extended Black. Regular Eurostile comes with your comp.

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It's Arial, the poor man's Helvetica. Franklin Bold or Black (that's what ESPN's game graphics are) would be a far more inspired choice.

I sit corrected. Looking at the numbers (esp. the "1"s), I see the difference.

Title: DOND Case # font
Post by: Sonic Whammy on June 14, 2008, 01:31:25 AM

Hmm... well, from what I've experimented with, Arial Black (w/o bold) is the closest match I've found so far. But for some reason, it feels a little bit off, and I can't place why.

Just in case, the search continues.