Turbo Grafx Font Question

[MotherGunner]

Hi all please excuse if I missed a search on this, but does anyone know what "font" was used on the Turbo Grafx turbochip spine stickers?

(I asked Sparky, but he hasn't replied to my PMs)

Any help would be much appreciated.

[Joe Redifer]

Like most companies, it is likely a custom font created for them.  Most companies want their own font as part of their branding.

[MotherGunner]

Right, Sparky seemed to have access to it.  So I was wondering.

[Joe Redifer]

Any font that publicly exists was not created by NEC, but by users of teh interweb, just like all of the Star Wars fonts, etc.

[MotherGunner]

Whatever comparible font was used,  I just wanna know which one.  I never said official NEC one.
 

[Duo_R]

Mothergunner you "ole chap", one of the fonts that matched like the "Bonks Adventure" really good was Arial I believe. I think I used Arial Bold or just standard Arial and then bolded (in Photoshop). Forget the other. I think Sparky primarily used 2 fonts for most of the games. If you take a look u will figure it out. Some are custom to the game (Sidearms comes to mind).

[MotherGunner]

Thanks man I will try that!

[Joe Redifer]

Oh shit, I kept thinking you were talking about the TG-16 logo.  Sorry.  Yeah, Arial Bold is a good approximation.

[Duo_R]

the second font like the original orange labels MIGHT be Arial Narrow. What you need to do is type in all caps, and the first letter of each word has to be a size up on the font. U will see what I mean when you check it out (for original orange labels). I am seriously considering purchasing Sparks labels, they are very high quality.

[MotherGunner]

Thanks guys, yes I have complete set from Sparks, I needed this information for a "side project"

Sparky's labels are excellent.

[Sparky]

Hi all please excuse if I missed a search on this, but does anyone know what "font" was used on the Turbo Grafx turbochip spine stickers?

(I asked Sparky, but he hasn't replied to my PMs)

Any help would be much appreciated.

come on, i missed one PM from ya and i get called out? ...  like i said in my past Pm's to ya my Mac crashed (believe it or not) drive has been pulled and a buddy of mine is trying to salvage what he can. Stickers and family stuff is all on there!!!
My printer does have the final pdfs of the stickers but are only in vector.

Univers for the newer ones, the older ones were a font that i customized quite a bit to get it close, once the drive is back i will have that answer.

[Joe Redifer]

Macs don't crash.  You are lying.

As for the stickers, just peel them off and apply them to something else.

[MotherGunner]

Hi all please excuse if I missed a search on this, but does anyone know what "font" was used on the Turbo Grafx turbochip spine stickers?

(I asked Sparky, but he hasn't replied to my PMs)

Any help would be much appreciated.

come on, i missed one PM from ya and i get called out? ...  like i said in my past Pm's to ya my Mac crashed (believe it or not) drive has been pulled and a buddy of mine is trying to salvage what he can. Stickers and family stuff is all on there!!!
My printer does have the final pdfs of the stickers but are only in vector.

Univers for the newer ones, the older ones were a font that i customized quite a bit to get it close, once the drive is back i will have that answer.

Ouch sorry Sparks, I totally misunderstood.  I don't remember a PM where you said Mac crashed, last I heard was that you had them at work.  No worries!  Thanks man I appreciate it.  I will mess with Univers a little bit and see what I get.

I hope you get your comp recovered, I just had a trojan myself and my son's birth video was on there along with 1,000s of photos.  I know what you're going through. 


EDIT:  Shit, there are so many combinations!  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Univers

[Sparky]

Macs don't crash.  You are lying.

As for the stickers, just peel them off and apply them to something else.

haha... i hate to admit it as well, but it was a good stretch... no problems for about 5 years i have had it, maybe its in a really heavy sleep then

MotherG---> Just the pdf files of them, which are all in vector, experiment with univers with hoz. scales and outlines as well, one from the family gets ya close, i really thought i told you about the problems, alot has been happening lately so sorry for the confusion.

[Duo_R]

Sparks did send a PM about his MAC crashing, but he sent it to me!   

Macs don't crash.  You are lying.

As for the stickers, just peel them off and apply them to something else.

haha... i hate to admit it as well, but it was a good stretch... no problems for about 5 years i have had it, maybe its in a really heavy sleep then

MotherG---> Just the pdf files of them, which are all in vector, experiment with univers with hoz. scales and outlines as well, one from the family gets ya close, i really thought i told you about the problems, alot has been happening lately so sorry for the confusion.

[Sparky]

  oh shit...well that PM was meant for MotherG!!!!
I blame both your avatars, they look to similar.... there must be a change, there can only be one!!! 

[MotherGunner]

Lol Mine has been the same since I joined!

[Duo_R]

Sparks it wasn't confusion, I sent you a PM with the same question and you replied.... LOL

oh shit...well that PM was meant for MotherG!!!!
I blame both your avatars, they look to similar.... there must be a change, there can only be one!!! 

[Sparky]

Sparks it wasn't confusion, I sent you a PM with the same question and you replied.... LOL

oh shit...well that PM was meant for MotherG!!!!
I blame both your avatars, they look to similar.... there must be a change, there can only be one!!! 

hahaha.... what the hells am i thinking, oh well  <<pours another glass of wine>>

[MotherGunner]

Considering most of us are in our 30's and early 40's  I will chalk it up to old age..

[Duo_R]

I never got the follow-up PM tho, but it is all good. We all get busy in our everyday lives.