Does anyone here recall what font this is?
Was this font ever actually seen in the film?
Thanks in advance!
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| Author: | Willie Goldman [ Mon Apr 30, 2018 2:40 am ] |
| Post subject: | Aliens DVD / Blu menu font |
Does anyone here recall what font this is? Was this font ever actually seen in the film? Thanks in advance!
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| Author: | Moosh89 [ Mon Apr 30, 2018 3:12 am ] |
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Berthold City Medium is the closest I have found. It appears to be slightly squished down though, particularly the ">". I don't recall seeing it in the film, but it has been around since the 1930s https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_(typeface) Free version Attachment:
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| Author: | Moosh89 [ Mon Apr 30, 2018 3:54 pm ] |
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Just wanted to note that the serifs on the "M" don't quite match perfectly. The font used has serifs on the inside at the base of the "M" whereas Berthold City doesn't have inside serifs. |
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| Author: | Rob [ Mon Apr 30, 2018 6:16 pm ] |
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City Pro Light matches the glyphs better. There's a free clone of it called OPTI Cirrus. A stretched version was used as the on-screen display font for the ship computer in Alien: Attachment: alien_0_08_59_full.jpg [ 151.02 KiB | Viewed 3449 times ] Attachment: alien_0_08_56_full.jpg [ 145.61 KiB | Viewed 3449 times ] Attachment: alien_1_20_04_full.jpg [ 79 KiB | Viewed 3449 times ] Attachment: alien_full.png [ 429.16 KiB | Viewed 3448 times ] |
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| Author: | Moosh89 [ Mon Apr 30, 2018 9:21 pm ] |
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Rob wrote: City Pro Light matches the glyphs better. There's a free clone of it called OPTI Cirrus. Nice find Rob, the "M" definitely matches better on the OPTI Cirrus Light (Medium and Bold are missing the inner serifs) Uploading direct to the forum for safe keeping: Attachment:
OPTI Cirrus Light download - Best match
Credit: "Rob" 
opti-cirrusl-1206.zip [12.69 KiB]
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| Author: | Blivet [ Mon Apr 30, 2018 10:15 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Aliens DVD / Blu menu font |
I have used SquareSlab711 Bold BT and SquareSlab711 Light BT for my Alien(s)-related graphical work: http://www.fontsplace.com/square-slabserif-711-bold-bt-free-font-download.html It may not be the official/screen-used font, but it gets me by, on my web-comic and works like this of the Nostromo's space-suits, etc: https://stlegends.deviantart.com/art/SpaceSuit-from-the-Nostromo-Alien-1979-682385345 |
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| Author: | Willie Goldman [ Tue May 01, 2018 1:23 am ] |
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Thanks all... Was there an on screen font in Aliens? Maybe the crew roster on the computer in the Hypersleep Bay? |
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| Author: | Moosh89 [ Tue May 01, 2018 2:09 am ] |
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Willie Goldman wrote: Thanks all... Was there an on screen font in Aliens? Maybe the crew roster on the computer in the Hypersleep Bay? For reference: Attachment: Hypersleep Roster Font.jpg [ 534.6 KiB | Viewed 3444 times ] If nothing is found, I will try to recreate it as a true-type font |
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| Author: | Harry Harris [ Tue May 01, 2018 2:32 am ] |
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It might be one called 'Fake Receipt'. That's just a guess though, it's late here and I'm sleepy! Harry |
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| Author: | Willie Goldman [ Tue May 01, 2018 4:49 am ] |
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Thanks all, this is super helpful... 
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