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[nkarafo]

What are some of your favorite? Here are some good ones:

SEGA logo:

Gamecube:

Sonic stages (Mega Drive):

Doom:

These are nice and fancy and all, but there's something about those Zelda dialog fonts they used in Ocarina of Time/MM that i really love:

N64 Zelda games:

So nice.


Anyway, what's your favorites? Please post pics.

 

[Acquiescence]

Nothing beats comic sans.

 

[Adam M]

Max Payne 1 and 2 for example

 

[Summer Haze]

 

[Tidalwave]

Kingdom Hearts

 

[nkarafo]

Here's another good one

 

[KeyChainDude]

I downloaded the Kingdom Hearts font on my PC one time bwahahah it was awful. It does fit well on the game logo tho.

 

[Summer Haze]

And Mass Effect.

 

[DownGrader]

I have a sweet spot for Nintendo's monotype font which they use starting from Wii Sports...

...and up to Splatoon (for players' nicknames):

It's simple and easy to read but distinctive and kind of beautiful. For me, it's just as iconic as "NES font".

 

[Robin64]

Lunchtime Doubly So

(In honor of the Terranigma love going on on here right now)

 

[nkarafo]

This is great

 

[bjork]

I don't have an image, but I always liked Phantasy Star Online's font.

 

[KainXVIII]

Diablo!

 

[Red Hood]

I remember the Uncharted font from a while back ago. If I remember correctly maybe even before the first game released? Anyhow, it's called Base 02.

 

[Natetan]

Lunchtime Doubly So

(In honor of the Terranigma love going on on here right now)

Love that don't. Reminds me of Soul Blazer

 

[AgentLampshade]

Final Fantasy's Runic MT Condensed font is one of my favourites. It's simple, readable yet has an amazing style to it.

 

[Ombala]

The PS3 Spiderman font

 

[GeordieMark]

Diablo!

Diablo's is really nice.

 

[MrCunningham]

The GTA font has been altered to make it original, but it is still based on the Price is Right font.

 

[StaffyManasse]

Kingdom Hearts

Black metal band name font.

Trash metal band name font.

 

[Feep]

It seems to be a custom font, but there's something undeniably charming about FFIX's typeface. Look how adorable the oversized 'a' is!

So, you know, it matches literally everything else about the game, too. ^^

 

[nkarafo]

The GTA font has been altered to make it original, but it is still based on the Price is Right font.

This is new to me, nice one.

 

[OfTheOverflow]

Wipeout HD font is pretty slick

 

[Summer Haze]

The GTA font has been altered to make it original, but it is still based on the Price is Right font.

LOL, I didn't know that.

 

[Deleted member 57681]

 

[nkarafo]

Oh man, this is gold

 

[VLiberty]

Sunset Overdrive:

...which then lead to this:

 

[Psyrgery ES]

Carmageddon

 

[Random17]

 

[60EffPeeEss]

Mistral is the font used for the Devil May Cry logo, with a couple of changes. Its a default Windows font, as well.

Original font on top, game logo text on bottom.

 

[Lemonte]

Can't find good example but I love that brush font used in MGS4.

 

[sugarless]

Mistral is the font used for the Devil May Cry logo, with a couple of changes. Its a default Windows font, as well.

Original font on top, game logo text on bottom.

I love Mistral, you may also recognise it from this movie logo (one version of it at least):

 

[RoadHazard]

Mistral is the font used for the Devil May Cry logo, with a couple of changes. Its a default Windows font, as well.

Original font on top, game logo text on bottom.

Doesn't really look like the same font at all. Some similarities, sure, but almost every letter is noticeably different.

 

[Pouh]

Can't find a good example, but I love Samurai Shodown 3's font ! You can view it with the NFG's Arcade Font Engine.

 

[Falk]

Final Fantasy's Runic MT Condensed font is one of my favourites. It's simple, readable yet has an amazing style to it.

Oh man, I went trawling for FF fonts for FFRK OT2 a few days ago. Would have loved to have stumbled on this stark reminder.

edit:
Tempted to give all the images in the OP another pass now.

 

[iNvid02]

pro tip

1. go to game website
2. inspect element
3. under resources tab expand the frames folder
4. all the fonts used on the game site are shown and can be downloaded by right clicking and open in new tab
5. upload the file here to get the woff/woff2 file converted to ttf installable on your system

i do that when i like a game font or am making the OT etc, its handy

 

[DPB]

I'm quite fond of the font used in the NES Dragon Warrior games:

It's much nicer than the tiny font they went with in the DS ones.

 

[lazygecko]

pro tip

1. go to game website
2. inspect element
3. under resources tab expand the frames folder
4. all the fonts used on the game site are shown and can be downloaded by right clicking and open in new tab
5. upload the file here to get the woff/woff2 file converted to ttf installable on your system

i do that when i like a game font or am making the OT etc, its handy

Is this something they are legally obligated to do with the fonts they used or something?

 

[Fermbiz]

I always liked Omikron's font.

 

[Atomic Airplanes]

The GTA font has been altered to make it original, but it is still based on the Price is Right font.

You just blew my mind man

 

[cantona222]

Sunset Overdrive:

Lol. I love such tweets between rivals.

 

[peakish]

Is this something they are legally obligated to do with the fonts they used or something?

Nah, but if they use the same fonts on the website it's a way to pirate them.

 

[giant_frying_pan]

I like the classic arcade font, most notable for displaying scores and hi-score name entry.

I think several arcade manufacturers used it, but I don't know who was first.

(Not the font for 'enter your name', obviously).

 

[GorillaJu]

I remember the Uncharted font from a while back ago. If I remember correctly maybe even before the first game released? Anyhow, it's called Base 02.

Looks like Helvetica in all caps to me. Both of them.

 

[2+2=5]

I have always liked fonts like this:

It's not about the shape but the metallic/shaded look, many arcade and 16 bit games used similar kind of shades and i have always loved them.

Another example

 

[NoblesseOblige]

Diablo font because it inspired so many edgy angelfire sites back in the day.

 

[mcz117chief]

My favourite, it is from ICO, btw. If you want to download it then here. Upper case letters look like this

 

[petran79]

SNK had some nice fonts

 

[Ollie Pooch]

Mistral is the font used for the Devil May Cry logo, with a couple of changes. Its a default Windows font, as well.

Original font on top, game logo text on bottom.

Sorry, that font isn't even remotely similar.

 

[Parfait]

I'd love to know the name of the FF13 series damage and dialog fonts. They're so crisp and clean.