Yes, apparently Dave Nalle's fonts were used in the material/logo for the Pirates of the Caribbean movies. Of Myfonts other piratey fonts - http://www.myfonts.com/browse/keyword/pirate/ I like "Dead Mans Chest"

These aren't "pirate fonts" per se, but could do well to evoke that old worlde feel. Maybe some of these for body copy/small text.

http://www.mvbfonts.com/html/fonts/chanson/pk_chanson.htm

http://www.mvbfonts.com/html/fonts/gryphius/pk_gryphius.htm

http://www.mvbfonts.com/html/fonts/celestia/pk_celestia_one.htm

http://www.mvbfonts.com/html/fonts/sirenne/pk_sirenne_six.htm

Oddly enough, about a year ago, I was doing some informal researching into "Pirate" looking typefaces and scripts for a children's poster mock-up. David Nalle's site does have several candidates besides Captain Kidd (he has a great web page on the inspiration and development of the face).

You can also find many "historic" styled faces available at The Walden Font Co.. By mixing a titling face and "handwritten" lines here and there, you can emulate an "old treasure map" look. Look at their "Divers Handes" collection for scripts.

FYI- you might contact them direct since they seem to be working on a new "Nautical Themes" collection. Maybe you can be one of the first users and be truly unique with your project.

Did you see Type Oasis Pirate & Fonts yet?

thanks!

LOL!!! Love it Si!

ChrisL

Seems like a perfect use of the gorgeous Olduvai.

--Michael.

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"Terranova — seen in the Critique section — a work in progress but pretty far along, and the designer might let you to take it for a spin."

:) I was just thinking "could Terra Nova be a pirate font?", and i came to the conclusion: it could. I just don't know yet whether it's applicable already in professional use, but I'll put an update there the next minutes, so you can have a look at it.
Possible problems: No bold, no italic, maybe too filigree, and never been used in productive systems yet.
Possible pros: made from a map of america from 1561 (spaniard), has titling capitals, lots of special characters (astrological, astronomical, roman numbers, ligatures, etc.).
If you want to use it, I could produce a version with merged contours and send it to you for a try.

Sebilar

Btw: Has MVB Sirenne been proposed already?
http://www.mvbfonts.com/html/fonts/sirenne/pk_sirenne_text.htm

Si, I love the Disney/Pixar/Apple dig. Perfect!

Opsmarckt

http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/t26/opsmarckt/

I'm sure this is too late... didn't notice this thread first go-round