Interactive VCR menu
Hi all
This is my first post so thanks in advance. Im designing a promotion for the course I teach on part time ’Interactive Design’ at the University of Lincoln. (We’re promoting a show which is uses obsolete handheld tv’s to showcase student work.) I love this visual for the familiarity and distinct/unique look it can provide- I want to develop the chromakey blue and the aesthetic of this typeface but for the life of me I cant identify it. I think it might be freeware as its so universal for interface design.
Any ideas would be very welcome
Take it easy. Cheers
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1.May.2008 2.52pm
Don’t know the specific font, but it’s so generic, it’ll probably show up under a number of names.
One that’s close is Raster Gothic:
http://www.veer.com/products/typedetail.aspx?image=UMT0000204
...or try Googling “Pixel Fonts” or “Pixellated fonts”
1.May.2008 3.18pm
Screener is also similar.
1.May.2008 3.31pm
Hi View, welcome to the forums! : )
The typeface your after is Chunkfeeder..?
The sample you have supllied would have a much smaller pixel ratio and so would slightly blur the characters, and as a result, ’soften’ the appearance, as with your sample. Chunkfeeder is a variant of an OCR typeface, a monospaced, used with such HUD’s and displays, VHS for example. Chunkfeeder is a versatile family of 6 fonts - 3 different weights, each with an italic.
Best of luck with your project.
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Rez
1.May.2008 3.38pm
Its also might be worth researching in to these typefaces...
[[http://www.lowing.org/fonts/lowing.com
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Rez
1.May.2008 3.38pm
Its also might be worth researching in to these typefaces...
lowing.com
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Rez
1.May.2008 4.48pm
Rez
I have returned from the pub to find some legend posts from you, cheers me dears I’ll take a butchers and let you know if these typefaces work.
I’m wrecked and off to bed, inabit bud
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VIEW.
1.May.2008 4.51pm
Scott, Spire
Thanks for the info, I’ll check your links thanks lads
Peace.
VIEW.
1.May.2008 6.36pm
As much as I’d like to sell another Raster Gothic license (I’m its designer), it’s not going to match your sample very well since it is not a fixed-width font.
1.May.2008 7.18pm
The VCR menu sample isn’t fixed-width either, Mark. Note how each I fails to line up, for example.
Nevertheless, Raster Gothic isn’t a close match. Both Screener and Chunkfeeder are much more similar to the VCR menu sample. (And for what it’s worth, Screener isn’t fixed-width either.)
1.May.2008 8.55pm
Oh, yeah, you’re right. I should have looked at it more closely.