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A little gift for the board - a decent Aliens font at last
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Author:  Mike Rush [ Sun May 06, 2012 7:54 pm ]
Post subject:  A little gift for the board - a decent Aliens font at last
As you may know, there is a font out there called 'Alien League'. It seems to be based on the Aliens logo. Whenever anybody asks what the font is from the Aliens logo, they are directed to Alien League. This has always been a bit of a pet peeve, since not only does it not look like the Aliens logo but it is also quite badly done.

Therefore I took it upon myself to do a proper one. I spent time drawing up a full character set to match the logo, plus punctuation etc. I don't recommend you do your next essay in it, but it does make striking titles.

Oh, I had to give it a name so (with permission) I named it after the board: Aliens Legacy. I think it fits nicely (and the similarity to Alien League is pure coincidence).

Image

It is a Truetype font, should work on PC and Mac, and is free. You can download it here.

Please let me know if there are any problems, or other comments.
Author:  88reaper88 [ Sun May 06, 2012 8:01 pm ]
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Thank-ya kindly sir!
Author:  friendlyskies [ Sun May 06, 2012 9:00 pm ]
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Nice one Mike :)
Author:  Russ Krook III [ Sun May 06, 2012 10:20 pm ]
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I did a letter by letter comparison of the two fonts, and Mike's is a COMPLETELY new font.

Thanks again Mike!

Russ
Author:  AaronHorrocks [ Sun May 06, 2012 10:56 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: A little gift for the board - a decent Aliens font at la
OUTSTANDING!

I'm going to add this to my collection of fonts!
Author:  Mike Rush [ Mon May 07, 2012 12:25 am ]
Post subject:  Re: A little gift for the board - a decent Aliens font at la
Thanks guys. Russ, you'd better believe it - I don't even have a copy of Alien League!

So anyway, because that font is quite thin and hard to read, I made a slightly wider version.

Image

It is also a Truetype font, should work on PC and Mac, and is free. You can now download them both here.
Author:  Scapey [ Mon May 07, 2012 5:15 am ]
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Well played, sir.
Well played.
Author:  Harry Harris [ Mon May 07, 2012 12:08 pm ]
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Thank you Mike, and it's very cool that you've named the font after the board. I love the secret character by the way; nice one!

Harry
Author:  PVB [ Mon May 07, 2012 12:36 pm ]
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Harry Harris wrote:
Thank you Mike, and it's very cool that you've named the font after the board. I love the secret character by the way; nice one!

Harry

One 'secret' character for each font. 8)
Author:  PVB [ Mon May 07, 2012 12:41 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: A little gift for the board - a decent Aliens font at la
The fonts thread in the Archives can be added to now. :)

viewtopic.php?f=8&t=5848
Author:  Seth B [ Mon May 07, 2012 1:04 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: A little gift for the board - a decent Aliens font at la
This is excellent. Thanks, Mike! 8)
Author:  Mudshark [ Mon May 07, 2012 2:23 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: A little gift for the board - a decent Aliens font at la
Great work as usual, Mike! Most welcome additions to the font library. Cheers! :mrgreen:
Author:  punkmarine [ Mon May 07, 2012 3:10 pm ]
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What are the 'secret' characters and how do you see them? :?

Oh and thanks very much for them.
Author:  Mike Rush [ Mon May 07, 2012 3:25 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: A little gift for the board - a decent Aliens font at la
Perhaps I should have said 'Easter eggs' instead. Try typing your email address and you'll see. :wink:
Author:  577_ops [ Mon May 07, 2012 4:29 pm ]
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Great work! Thank you Mike.
Author:  PVB [ Mon May 07, 2012 4:45 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: A little gift for the board - a decent Aliens font at la
Mike Rush wrote:
Perhaps I should have said 'Easter eggs' instead. Try typing your email address and you'll see. :wink:

I just used Character Map in Windows to view the whole font set. :)
Author:  punkmarine [ Mon May 07, 2012 10:37 pm ]
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8)

Thanks again Mike.
Author:  SgtTony [ Mon May 07, 2012 11:23 pm ]
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Mike, I'd like to replace the font I have on the colonialmarines.net site with this.
Of course proper credit shall be given to you, naturally ;)

Let me know if this is OK. Thanks
Author:  Mike Rush [ Tue May 08, 2012 10:02 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: A little gift for the board - a decent Aliens font at la
Fine with me, Tony! Just, you know, use it sparingly.

And don't stretch it! I hate that. :wink:
Author:  SgtTony [ Tue May 08, 2012 11:06 pm ]
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I'll Febreze it once I'm done ;)
Author:  Alien1099 [ Thu May 10, 2012 11:01 pm ]
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Wow that's awesome! Thank you for all of your hard work!
Author:  Outcry27 [ Fri May 11, 2012 7:22 am ]
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WAY TO GO, MIKE!
Author:  Hunter [ Sun May 13, 2012 8:30 am ]
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That's cool Mike.

Helen
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