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| '''Eras Demi'''  || The font used for the [[Podstar Runner]] [[iPod Menu|menu]] text. An iPod's actual font is [[Wikipedia:Myriad (typeface)|Myriad]]. || <center>[[Image:Podstar.PNG|180px|]]</center>
| '''Eras Demi'''  || The font used for the [[Podstar Runner]] [[iPod Menu|menu]] text. An iPod's actual font is [[Wikipedia:Myriad (typeface)|Myriad]]. || <center>[[Image:Podstar.PNG|180px|]]</center>
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| '''Forte''' || Used in the [[First Time Here?]] welcome speech. || <center>[[Image:Forte.png|"It's dot com!"]]</center>
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| '''Forte''' || Used extensively throughout the site, including in the [[First Time Here?]] welcome speech. || <center>[[Image:Forte.png|"It's dot com!"]]</center>
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| '''French Script MT''' || From [[Everybody to the Limit]]. || <center>[[Image:frenchscriptmt.png|I asked my friend Joe]]</center>
| '''French Script MT''' || From [[Everybody to the Limit]]. || <center>[[Image:frenchscriptmt.png|I asked my friend Joe]]</center>

Revision as of 06:44, 21 February 2006

The Brothers Chaps have used many different fonts on the Homestar Runner website.

Font Used for Example
20th Century Ultra Bold Italic Used in CGNU for the Crazy Go Nuts University logo.
CGNU! Me?
ActionIs Used in homestar hair and The Best Decemberween Ever.
It's fifty-five days after Halloween...
Alba On the spine of a book in That a Ghost. Also found in a subtitle for Ready for Primetime in haircut, KaraokeFun, HomestarRunner.com PAY PLUS!, and in an easter egg for downloading a tune from dangeresque 3.
File:alba.PNG
Alba Super As seen on the brown sugar box in best thing as well as the Wagon Fulla Pancakes, on The Cheat's CD player, and in HomestarRunner.com PAY PLUS!. Obviously from the same family as Alba, but a completely different font.
As lost as four-armed Grimace.
AhnbergHand Strong Bad's handwriting. (Note: the Chaps have modified the font so a few European characters appear in American format. They have also added apostrophes, which are not in the font normally.)
Sooo good!
Anzeigen Grotesk EF The font for the Happy Thanksgiving banner on Bubs' float in Fall Float Parade.
Happy Thanksgiving!!
Arial The font used on the NavBar
Navigation, anyone?
Arial Narrow MT Used for the Games button on Main Page 22
Games
Bauhaus 93 Various logos and Main Pages text, as well as the font on Homsar's shirt. Used on every DVD released thus far.
Homsar's shirt
Bernard Condensed Used to write names on office doors: Dangeresque's in dangeresque 3 and Strong Bad's in The Interview.
File:BernardCondensed.png
Blackadder ITC Used extensively in A Folky Tale and Halloween Potion-ma-jig. Also makes an appearance in flashback.
Gonna have a good time tonight...
Broadway Used on The Cheat's Strong Bad Rewards Score Card in privileges.
Ca-chunk-a
Brush Script MT Used throughout the site - for example, on Homestar's shirt in Main Page 4 and in Senorial Day.
Senorial!
Candice The font used for Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 9.2 and higher.
Hi, this is Marzipan
ChalkDust The font in anything Homestar used to write "Homestar Runner" in chalk with.
His name is "Homestar Runner."
Chicago The typical menu font for the Classic Mac OS (versions 9 and before), seen on The Cheat's computer, Tangerine Dreams.
Tangerine Dreams' task bar
Chick The font used on the cover of Scarfgirl magazine, seen in secret identity.
Scarfgirl magazine
Chiller The font used in Fan Costume Commentary.
Ooh, pretzels!
Comix Heavy The font used on the Main Pages for the "Go on and see what's new!" message, as well as the "Last updated on" message. Also used in Marzipan's Answering Machine from versions 1 through 8, and for the Characters button on Main Page 22.
What's new?
Commodore 64 The Compy 386 font. Also used for Peasant's Quest.
Good ol' Compy
Cooper Black The title font of the "Dreamaway Johnny" flyers in part-time job. Also used in First Time Here?, for the curved wording, and in the Index Page, for the links.
When all my dreams come true...
Copperplate Gothic Bold The header font of the "Dreamaway Johnny" flyers in part-time job.
Butt's 12 by pies?
Courier New The font in the email client on The Cheat's computer, used in weird dream.
That was a weird dreem!
Diploma The font used on the card Strong Sad made for Anthony in depressio. Also used in rampage on the poetry slam sign and the Font used by Strong Sad in the autogragh section of the Yearbook Character Page.
Strong Sad font
Engravers Used on Strong Bad's tombstone in replacement. Probably the Monotype variation of the typeface.
Image:Engravers.png
Eras Demi The font used for the Podstar Runner menu text. An iPod's actual font is Myriad.
Forte Used extensively throughout the site, including in the First Time Here? welcome speech.
"It's dot com!"
French Script MT From Everybody to the Limit.
I asked my friend Joe
Freshbot As seen in Club Technochocolate.
All is on!
Flyer Black Condensed Used for the subtitles in the opening to Whaddaya Know, Haddi-Man?
Image:FlyerBlackCondensed.png
Futura Used on the art test in CGNU.
Draw Me!
Gill Sans Bold Used on the clapperboards in First Time Here? and Fluffy Puff Commercial.
Direction
Glitch0 The Lappy 486 font.
Doong diing!
Glitch1 An alternate version of Glitch0, used only in rock opera.
Encore! Encore!
Harlow Solid Italic From best thing, used on the "Limozeen: 'but they're in space!'" logo.
I'm afraid I've got some bad news, boys...
Harting Makes a brief appearance in Everybody to the Limit and a larger one as the text for Strong Bad's English paper.
I asked my friend Jake
House Slant The Old-Timey, '30s font. Also used for Strong Bad's Bottom 10.
House Slant.
Impact The font for the sign of Bubs' Concession Stand.
We're always awesome.
ITC Bauhaus Medium The font for the subtitles in the Isle of Pom from the Museum, in homestar hair, and for the vast majority of navigation buttons on the Main Pages.
Pom Pom is the best Pom
Jokerman Used to name a dangerous dessert in bottom 10. Also one of the fonts used in sugarbob.
File:jokerman.PNG
Joystix A Nintendo Entertainment System font used in various games on the website, along with the Scrolling Shooter Games Menu.
Games, games, and more games
KidTypePaint Used in the opening credits in 3 Times Halloween Funjob, for the revengenceful font from 2 years, and for the writing on Main Page 23.
MU-HA-HA-HA
LCDD Used often whenever a digital readout is needed, for example on Marzipan's answering machine, the clock radio, or Random Toon.
Marzi's machine... Homestar's clock... get them today!
Linoscript Used for the slogan for The Cheatcakes in stupid stuff.
Just ask The Cheat!
Lucida Handwriting The font for the phrase "Wear a bikini" in Main Page 15.
Bikinitime!
Mead Bold Used for the text on the FAQ page.
Metal Lord The font for Bubs' flyers in part-time job, and in the header text for Revenge of the King. Also used on the Secret Collect box in video games.
Sorry, Tragic Clown Dog.
Odessa The font for The Show.
The Show
Old English Text MT The font used on Strong Sad's box of memories in The Secrets That I Keep. Also in A Holiday Greeting.
fond reminiscences
Papyrus Used in myths & legends for the "Walking with Trogdor" logo.
Take the virtual tour.
Peanuts A font made in the image of Charles Schulz's lettering, it was used in the drawing of Coach Zed in do over. The image seen here is taken from The House That Gave Sucky Treats.
I heart Flint
Phyllis Used in an easter egg in the facts.
Homestar Runner will be right right back
Pixie The other Old-Timey, '30s font.
Get kicking.
Playbill The other other old-timey font, used for old-timey things such as Uncle Strong Bad's Flavor Taste Style Chewing Powders from 2 emails.
Flavor Taste Style
Poor Richard The cover font for Hundredaire Socialite.
The brains behind Videlectrix
Pornhut A font used in the Hip Hop Dance video at the end of the New Boots short. Also seen on an easter egg in rampage.
Coach Z, how come you don't dance no more?
Potrzebie The font used in the new stuff bubble on the Main Pages, though the version of the font that's available for download doesn't have many punctuation marks, like the apostrophe. Also used for the Store button on Main Page 22.
Everyone's favorite sight!
PT Karolla Narrow Black The font for the sign on the door of Marshmallow's Last Stand. (image mirrored)
Ohh.. I think I ate'a too many marshmallows...
Rage Italic LET The logo font of Stookley's, the makers of Hundredaire Socialite. Also used for take-a-break.exe.
H.S. out on the scene.
Script Bold MT The text on the leaf in the beginning of Fall Float Parade.
The FTst annual Fall Float Parade.
Screwtop Light The font for the second counter on Strong Bad's float in Fall Float Parade
Nunchucking Snowmen
Sevenet 7 The font on the Pom Pilot.
internet, solitaire, and the ladies
Shelley Script Allegro Used for the body of Strong Sad's letter in Strong Bad Is In Jail Cartoon.
Yeah he does.
SignPainter HouseSlant Font "Strong Bad's" in "Strong Bad's Message Bored" (Message and Bored are not fonts).
So Bored!
Showcard Gothic The font used for The Cheat's "TITO" hat in part-time job. Also used on the "PAY PLUS!" text in HomestarRunner.com PAY PLUS!
An undersea epic?
Snap The font used in the "How Come?" text in space program.
How Come?
Stencil BT The font used on the Heavy Lourde. Also used on various crates, boxes, Cardboard Marzipan, and Jail.
Heavy falling weight type thing, yo.
ThereSignHead3 The font used for the buttons on Mrs. Bennedetto in part-time job. Also used for the subtitles in Homsar's television show, Whaddaya Know, Haddi-Man?, that appears during the Strong Bad Email for kids.
Yeah, buddy. I have muscles.
Tiranti Solid Used for introductory and ancillary text in Mr. Shmallow (toon).
Mr. Shmallow
Team MT The font used for the motto "Buy all our playsets and toys!!" in Cheat Commandos.
Weekdays at 4:30
Times New Roman Used for the text of the "Dreamaway Johnny" flyers in part-time job.
Act Three
Traffic Type Sweden D Used for the small header tabs at the top of the Toons Menu.
Big toons.
Trebuchet MS Used for the text throughout The King of Town DVD Old Version.
Doo-hoo-hoo!
Westminster The Tandy 400 font. Also used for Marzipan's Answering Machine version numbers.
Ah the old Tandy
VOY DOT LCD The font used on The Paper and in Everybody to the Limit. Also used in pizzaz, the font used on the scoreboard of The Athletic Field and montage, and Dancin' Bubs.
Preeeeow!
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