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PostPosted: Mon Apr 30, 2018 2:40 am 
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Does anyone here recall what font this is?

Was this font ever actually seen in the film?

Thanks in advance!

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PostPosted: 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)

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PostPosted: 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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PostPosted: 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:
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PostPosted: 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)

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PostPosted: Mon Apr 30, 2018 10:15 pm 
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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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PostPosted: 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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PostPosted: 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?


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If nothing is found, I will try to recreate it as a true-type font

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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!

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PostPosted: Tue May 01, 2018 4:49 am 
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Thanks all, this is super helpful...

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