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PropertyOfALadyPropertyOfALady Colders Federation CEO
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Can anyone help me find what font each of the titles for the film series?

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  • MurdockMurdock The minus world
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    I recall someone had a graphic that had all the fonts on it. Was it you? @marketto007
  • jake24jake24 Sitting at your desk, kissing your lover, eating supper with your familyModerator
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    Usually typing the film title followed by "font" will lead you to the typeface used for the logo. I did the same thing for some of my fan art, and it worked every time.
  • MurdockMurdock The minus world
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    This was the image in question. Credit to whoever originally posted it.
    eMkP1Il.jpg
  • 0BradyM0Bondfanatic70BradyM0Bondfanatic7 Quantum Floral Arrangements: "We Have Petals Everywhere"
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    Good on you, @Murdock. I spent at least an hour trying to track that down.
  • MurdockMurdock The minus world
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    Thanks @0BradyM0Bondfanatic7, I spent around the same time searching as well. It was hidden in my portable hard drive. :))
  • PropertyOfALadyPropertyOfALady Colders Federation CEO
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    The truth is, I started this for @Murdock.
  • marketto007marketto007 Brazil
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    Yes Murdock, this was originated from here: http://bond-blog-007.blogspot.com.br/2011/01/ultimate-james-bond-fonts.html
  • MurdockMurdock The minus world
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    Thank you. :)
  • 0BradyM0Bondfanatic70BradyM0Bondfanatic7 Quantum Floral Arrangements: "We Have Petals Everywhere"
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    Murdock wrote: »
    Thanks @0BradyM0Bondfanatic7, I spent around the same time searching as well. It was hidden in my portable hard drive. :))

    @Murdock, I should've looked into my hard drive too, but past searches for similar files in the past have usually proven fruitless so I didn't bother. Knowing my luck I'd rewritten the file name eons ago and wouldn't be able to find it anyway. ;)
  • MurdockMurdock The minus world
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    0BradyM0Bondfanatic7 wrote: »
    Murdock wrote: »
    Thanks @0BradyM0Bondfanatic7, I spent around the same time searching as well. It was hidden in my portable hard drive. :))

    @Murdock, I should've looked into my hard drive too, but past searches for similar files in the past have usually proven fruitless so I didn't bother. Knowing my luck I'd rewritten the file name eons ago and wouldn't be able to find it anyway. ;)

    I originally downloaded it to my old laptop three years ago, I guess I forgot to bring it over to my new one. Never Lose Files Again. ;)
  • mattjoesmattjoes Julie T. and the M.G.'s
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    I think my favorite is Steadfast.
  • DikkoHendersonDikkoHenderson Daniel Craig at the plastic surgery clinic- "Gently my friend Gently... THAT'S NOT BLOODY GENTLY!!"
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    I found the image above very helpful but can someone direct me to the names of the fonts in each of the title sequences? Not just the logo but the titles themselves.
  • PropertyOfALadyPropertyOfALady Colders Federation CEO
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    I'll look tomorrow.
  • DikkoHendersonDikkoHenderson Daniel Craig at the plastic surgery clinic- "Gently my friend Gently... THAT'S NOT BLOODY GENTLY!!"
    edited January 2018 Posts: 50
    PropertyOfALady wrote: »
    I'll look tomorrow.

    Thank you Property, for investigating. I'm not turning up much in my own inquiries.. I'm obsessed with movie title fonts and they would be very useful in a personal project.
  • PropertyOfALadyPropertyOfALady Colders Federation CEO
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    DikkoHenderson wrote: »
    PropertyOfALady wrote: »
    I'll look tomorrow.

    Thank you Property, for investigating. I'm not turning up much in my own inquiries.. I'm obsessed with movie title fonts and they would be very useful in a personal project.

    @DikkoHenderson and others:

    My work has turned up the following. Please note if I'm not totally sure that a font is what I think, I'll get a close match and it will be noted as close.

    Dr. No - Monotype Grotesque for credits and Envisage (an almost exact match) for Dr. NO logo
    FRWL – News Gothic
    GF – News Gothic
    TB - Franklin Gothic
    YOLT – Plathorn Condensed OR Teen (VERY CLOSE)
    OHMSS – ITC Franklin Gothic
    DAF – Futura
    LALD - Neue Haas Grotesk
    TMWTGG – Helvetica
    TSWLM – Helvetica
    MR – Helvetica
    FYEO – Helvetica Bold
    OP – Helvetica (A close font for the United Artists Presents title card is “Borrego”)
    AVTAK – Helvetica
    TLD – Helvetica
    LTK – Helvetica Bold
    GE – Helvetica
    TND – Helvetica Light
    TWINE – Helvetica
    DAD – Helvetica
    CR – Futura
    QoS – Custom – See https://www.mi6-hq.com/news/index.php?itemid=7199
    SF – ITC Avant Garde
    SP – ITC Avant Garde


  • jake24jake24 Sitting at your desk, kissing your lover, eating supper with your familyModerator
    edited January 2018 Posts: 10,591
    Many (if not all) of the fonts can be discovered by searching the Bond title followed by "font."
  • PropertyOfALadyPropertyOfALady Colders Federation CEO
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    Yes, but that wasn't what Dikko was looking for.
  • DikkoHendersonDikkoHenderson Daniel Craig at the plastic surgery clinic- "Gently my friend Gently... THAT'S NOT BLOODY GENTLY!!"
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    PropertyOfALady wrote: »
    DikkoHenderson wrote: »
    PropertyOfALady wrote: »
    I'll look tomorrow.

    Thank you Property, for investigating. I'm not turning up much in my own inquiries.. I'm obsessed with movie title fonts and they would be very useful in a personal project.

    @DikkoHenderson and others:

    My work has turned up the following. Please note if I'm not totally sure that a font is what I think, I'll get a close match and it will be noted as close.

    Tremendous work!! Thank you’
  • DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
    edited January 2018 Posts: 18,281
    PropertyOfALady wrote: »
    DikkoHenderson wrote: »
    PropertyOfALady wrote: »
    I'll look tomorrow.

    Thank you Property, for investigating. I'm not turning up much in my own inquiries.. I'm obsessed with movie title fonts and they would be very useful in a personal project.

    @DikkoHenderson and others:

    My work has turned up the following. Please note if I'm not totally sure that a font is what I think, I'll get a close match and it will be noted as close.

    Dr. No - Monotype Grotesque for credits and Envisage (an almost exact match) for Dr. NO logo
    FRWL – News Gothic
    GF – News Gothic
    TB - Franklin Gothic
    YOLT – Plathorn Condensed OR Teen (VERY CLOSE)
    OHMSS – ITC Franklin Gothic
    DAF – Futura
    LALD - Neue Haas Grotesk
    TMWTGG – Helvetica
    TSWLM – Helvetica
    MR – Helvetica
    FYEO – Helvetica Bold
    OP – Helvetica (A close font for the United Artists Presents title card is “Borrego”)
    AVTAK – Helvetica
    TLD – Helvetica
    LTK – Helvetica Bold
    GE – Helvetica
    TND – Helvetica Light
    TWINE – Helvetica
    DAD – Helvetica
    CR – Futura
    QoS – Custom – See https://www.mi6-hq.com/news/index.php?itemid=7199
    SF – ITC Avant Garde
    SP – ITC Avant Garde


    Now I know where the Helvetica Scenario gets its name!
  • DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
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    Dragonpol wrote: »
    PropertyOfALady wrote: »
    DikkoHenderson wrote: »
    PropertyOfALady wrote: »
    I'll look tomorrow.

    Thank you Property, for investigating. I'm not turning up much in my own inquiries.. I'm obsessed with movie title fonts and they would be very useful in a personal project.

    @DikkoHenderson and others:

    My work has turned up the following. Please note if I'm not totally sure that a font is what I think, I'll get a close match and it will be noted as close.

    Dr. No - Monotype Grotesque for credits and Envisage (an almost exact match) for Dr. NO logo
    FRWL – News Gothic
    GF – News Gothic
    TB - Franklin Gothic
    YOLT – Plathorn Condensed OR Teen (VERY CLOSE)
    OHMSS – ITC Franklin Gothic
    DAF – Futura
    LALD - Neue Haas Grotesk
    TMWTGG – Helvetica
    TSWLM – Helvetica
    MR – Helvetica
    FYEO – Helvetica Bold
    OP – Helvetica (A close font for the United Artists Presents title card is “Borrego”)
    AVTAK – Helvetica
    TLD – Helvetica
    LTK – Helvetica Bold
    GE – Helvetica
    TND – Helvetica Light
    TWINE – Helvetica
    DAD – Helvetica
    CR – Futura
    QoS – Custom – See https://www.mi6-hq.com/news/index.php?itemid=7199
    SF – ITC Avant Garde
    SP – ITC Avant Garde


    Now I know where the Helvetica Scenario gets its name!

    For the uninitiated, it comes from the BBC comedy show Look Around You:

  • jake24jake24 Sitting at your desk, kissing your lover, eating supper with your familyModerator
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    PropertyOfALady wrote: »
    Yes, but that wasn't what Dikko was looking for.
    Yes, I hadn't seen his post. Thanks.
  • PropertyOfALadyPropertyOfALady Colders Federation CEO
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    A couple of days ago, I found out that you can get the Archangel Chemical Weapons Facility, USSR font from GE (which I learned is called Marseille Serial) and it can be downloaded for free, completely legal.

    https://www.myfonts.com/fonts/softmaker/marseille-serial/regular/
  • MurdockMurdock The minus world
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    For the Special Editions a lot of the movies use the font Compacta.
    YOLT uses Aachen Bold Plain

    And FRWL SE uses Grecian-Bold.
  • PropertyOfALadyPropertyOfALady Colders Federation CEO
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    I wouldn't know.
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    I like the logo on the Scandinavian comic strip magazine from the 60s/70s.
    1276241-jb_2.jpg
  • Agent_99Agent_99 enjoys a spirited ride as much as the next girl
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    I wish there was a Bond equivalent of this charmingly nerdy Dr Who design:

    flat,1000x1000,075,f.u1.jpg
  • PropertyOfALadyPropertyOfALady Colders Federation CEO
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    Murdock wrote: »
    This was the image in question. Credit to whoever originally posted it.
    eMkP1Il.jpg

    Is that it?
  • MurdockMurdock The minus world
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    Yes.
  • PropertyOfALadyPropertyOfALady Colders Federation CEO
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    Sorry. Is this it @Agent_99?
  • Agent_99Agent_99 enjoys a spirited ride as much as the next girl
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    Thanks, @PropertyOfALady! I'd seen that one and it is excellent - I just like the way the Dr Who design only shows the typefaces, no titles, but nerds will know what's up.
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