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Posted: Mon May 28, 2007 3:21 pm

Does anyone know which font was used to write "Dungeons & Dragons" on the covers of these books/modules?

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!

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Posted: Mon May 28, 2007 4:15 pm

Try looking here

http://www.geocities.com/rgfdfaq/tsrfonts.html

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Posted: Mon May 28, 2007 5:41 pm

What a great resource! I never even knew it existed...

Thank you!

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Posted: Wed May 30, 2007 11:29 am

Yeah, sweet resource. Any ideas what font was used for the text within the OD&D booklets? Maybe Courier? Chainmail looks like Courier to me...

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Posted: Wed May 30, 2007 12:17 pm

and you could even check Thorf webpage on TSR fonts...

http://mystara.thorf.co.uk/fontfaq.php

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Posted: Sun Oct 21, 2007 6:47 pm

All right, does anyone know where affordable versions of Quentin and Futura can be found? 35 Euros (!!!!) for a single font is just a bit outrageous...

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Posted: Sun Oct 21, 2007 8:00 pm

Unless I am mistaken (please correct me if anyone knows better!) there is a cloned version of Futura called "Futurist"...

It is available on many of the shareware sites.

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Posted: Sun Oct 21, 2007 11:23 pm

Howdy,

Charles G. wrote:All right, does anyone know where affordable versions of Quentin and Futura can be found? 35 Euros (!!!!) for a single font is just a bit outrageous...

I looked for a year and just went ahead and bought Quentin and ChiselD for about $35 each. In a year of looking I could not find free or reduced price versions.

I don't regret buying them for I have used the fonts for various projects from Character Sheets, to DM Screens, to edited versions of the AD&D manuals, to my own modules. Futura Bk and Futura MD BT, I believe I found on a free font site.

If you have those you have all the fonts you need for PH, MM, DMG era texts and modules.

Check this out for an example of how I've used these fonts:

http://www.dragonsfoot.org/forums/viewt ... ht=#456850

You can get the download here and make your own screen:

http://www.dragonsfoot.org/php4/archive ... atchfile=0

Futures Bright,

Paul

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Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2007 9:14 pm

The Collector's Trove wrote:Howdy,

I looked for a year and just went ahead and bought Quentin and ChiselD for about $35 each. In a year of looking I could not find free or reduced price versions.

I don't regret buying them for I have used the fonts for various projects from Character Sheets, to DM Screens, to edited versions of the AD&D manuals, to my own modules. Futura Bk and Futura MD BT, I believe I found on a free font site.

If you have those you have all the fonts you need for PH, MM, DMG era texts and modules.

Check this out for an example of how I've used these fonts:

http://www.dragonsfoot.org/forums/viewt ... ht=#456850

You can get the download here and make your own screen:

http://www.dragonsfoot.org/php4/archive ... atchfile=0

Futures Bright,

Paul

Top notch work on the Screen!

I may just have to break down and get the Quentin.

Do you happen to recall what site you picked up the Futura fonts from?

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Posted: Fri Oct 26, 2007 5:17 pm

The Collector's Trove wrote:Howdy,

I looked for a year and just went ahead and bought Quentin and ChiselD for about $35 each. In a year of looking I could not find free or reduced price versions.

I don't regret buying them for I have used the fonts for various projects from Character Sheets, to DM Screens, to edited versions of the AD&D manuals, to my own modules. Futura Bk and Futura MD BT, I believe I found on a free font site.

If you have those you have all the fonts you need for PH, MM, DMG era texts and modules.

Check this out for an example of how I've used these fonts:

http://www.dragonsfoot.org/forums/viewt ... ht=#456850

You can get the download here and make your own screen:

http://www.dragonsfoot.org/php4/archive ... atchfile=0

Futures Bright,

Paul

Holy Crap! Nice work!

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Posted: Mon Oct 29, 2007 12:14 am

Charles G. wrote:
Top notch work on the Screen!

I may just have to break down and get the Quentin.

Do you happen to recall what site you picked up the Futura fonts from?

Thanks for the kind words.

I went through my archived sites and here is what I have (I may have paid for all of them):

http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/paratype/futura-book/

http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/urw/chisel/d/

http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/ef/quentin/ef/

Futures Bright,

Paul

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Posted: Mon Oct 29, 2007 12:24 am

Howdy Mark,

FormCritic wrote:

Holy Crap! Nice work!

I get that a lot.

It was a heckuva' lot of work and time but it is the best screen I have ever owned.

Thanks again for the kind words. Ample reward for such a project.

Futures Bright,

Paul

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Posted: Sat Dec 29, 2007 1:38 pm

Okay a little digging revealed Fonts101.com, which appears to be an excellent source of fonts.

They have a future (not a future BK):

http://www.fonts101.com/xt_fontdetails_ ... ~font.html

Several Souvenir fonts including Souvenir light

http://www.fonts101.com/xt_fontdetails_ ... ~font.html

A Chisel (this is called Chisel Becker -- not sure how close to Chisel D)

http://www.fonts101.com/xt_fontdetails_ ... ~font.html

Two Quentins:

http://www.fonts101.com/xt_fontdetails_ ... ~font.html

http://www.fonts101.com/xt_fontdetails_ ... ~font.html

I haven't had chance to try them yet, just downloaded and about to pop out for a curry!

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Posted: Sat Dec 29, 2007 6:24 pm

Great Site.

Thanks for the links

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Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2008 6:11 am

quick update from my side: i went head and found other fonts d&d related which are not mentioned in the 2 main sites (Thorf and Fontfaq)... here we go:

Mystic Etchings - 2nd Edition, AD&D Forgotten Realms logo
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Forgotten Uncial - 2nd Edition, AD&D Forgotten Realms headings
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Drgonmaster - Dragon/Dungeon magazine logo
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Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2008 12:36 pm

The original font for 'D&D' has also been identified as Subway regular.

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Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2008 2:44 am

sauromatian wrote:The original font for 'D&D' has also been identified as Subway regular.

can you pls post an example? ...i found several fonts named "Subway" but cannot match what exactly you are referring to...

is the first one in the results of the seach here? http://www.searchfreefonts.com/search/?q=subway

tnx

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Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2008 8:08 am

aia wrote:can you pls post an example? ...i found several fonts named "Subway" but cannot match what exactly you are referring to...

Then it's probably incorrect information. Someone on another D&D discussion group long ago made the claim, that's all I know about it.

The fonts on the link you provided are in similar proportion to the OD&D title font, just not in detail. Maybe it can be defined as Subway letters with an overlay of 19th-century style elaboration.

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