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What is the name of the font on the Stop Sign that says "STRONG BADIA"? Is is the font "Creepy" like in "The INSTRUC-TOR!"? Please let me know. --{{User:Homfrog/sig}} 16:01, 26 August 2006 (UTC)
What is the name of the font on the Stop Sign that says "STRONG BADIA"? Is is the font "Creepy" like in "The INSTRUC-TOR!"? Please let me know. --{{User:Homfrog/sig}} 16:01, 26 August 2006 (UTC)
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+Actually, it's called "Drips". [[User:Jimmy91|Jimmy91]] 17:42, 29 September 2006 (UTC)

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Contents

To-do list

Remove them from the list when you find them. Add more as appropriate.

Figured one out?

I think the navbar is just Arial. That's what I'm using in the mirror stylesheets. See jumpinjacks2.html for an example. -- Tom 12:45, 7 Sep 2005 (UTC)
I think the Thnikkaman's chorus might be Cooper Black? --71.244.185.34 00:40, 12 Sep 2005 (UTC)
I read the new additions after adding the font Alba to the list...which was on one of the books. Anyway the sample of Alba on the book is much better than the example I'd had, so I've changed the entry accordingly. One down, a...lot to go. -- Xyzzyka 18:06, 22 Sep 2005 (UTC)
I think I've figured out the Stinko Man K 20X6 font. Playing Starcraft, one avid fan should realize that the font is Eurostar Black Extended. Am I right or am I right? -MK and/or BurnBox 00:23, 30 Sep 2005 (UTC)
EDIT: Okay, so I tried whatthefont.com, and I came down to these fonts:
  • Microgramma EF Medium Extended
  • Microgramma Medium Extend
  • Aggie URW T Normal
  • Microgramma D Medium Extended
  • Eurostile T Regular Extended

-MK and/or BurnBox 00:33, 30 Sep 2005 (UTC)

I think the credits from Japanese Cartoon is Times or Times New Roman--minibaseball.png Bkmlb(talk to me·stuff I did) 14:57, 8 Oct 2005 (UTC)

I am certain the font for the chalk on the computer screen is either called Eraser or DS Eraser but I don't know which one is the official name. -Jenny 05:14, 21 October 2005 (UTC)

I think Bubs's banner was just using the paintbrush tool. -FaceCrap 01:24, 1 December 2005 (UTC)

Which Banner? SaltyTalk! 01:42, 1 December 2005 (UTC)
Never mind. I was thinking of the 'Coach Z You Jerk' thing. Not the Happy Thanksgiving banner. Though the font looks familiar from the site... -FaceCrap 13:37, 3 December 2005 (UTC)

Weclome Back Fonts

Here's some fonts in Weclome Back (there might be some more, but these are only the ones that aren't on my system):

  • Abadi MT Condensed Extra Bold
  • Andy - merch masala sign
  • Arial Narrow (variation in list) - text on tour map
  • AvantGarde Md BT
  • Bauhaus Thin (variation in list) - "Mzp-440" on Marzipan's speaker thing
  • Cooper Black (already in list) - name of toon at start
  • MotterFemD
  • OCRB (already in list)
  • Script MT Bold (already in list) - "Marzipan" on Marzipan's speaker thing
  • TypewriterRough - font on timecard

- Super Sam 11:18, 9 July 2006 (UTC)

Main logo

I'd like to know what the font on the main symbol is, the h and r on either side of the star? --Buz

It looks alot like a modified Bauhaus to me. Elcool (talk)(contribs) 04:59, 11 November 2005 (UTC)
It is actually Bauhaus 93. ~PepperMinty

Links

This isn't linked to from anywhere, but it's useful information that I don't think is found anywhere else on the wiki, or perhaps I'm mistaken. — wikisig.gif Joey (talk·edits) 18:51, 13 May 2005 (UTC)

I have linked it a bit. I like fonts, and this makes a great page, and a great 1,000th article. Continue rocking on! - Dr Haggis - Talk

VOY DOT LCD

Does anybody know where I can find this font? I've searched the internet for it for about a month now, but haven't found anything. --Gafaddict 18:59, 13 May 2005 (UTC)

I know, there's no other web site that has it. I once tried to email TBC so they could send me a copy of the font, but no reply.
Please try again! I too am also desprate.

Thousandth article

This is the HR Wiki's 1,000th article. Just letting everybody know.

Uh, no it's not. We already determined Game Sightings was the 1,000th article. — wikisig.gif Joey (talk·edits) 17:32, 17 May 2005 (UTC)
Wait, did a few pages get deleted somewhere? I just checked the Special:Newpages page and it looks like this really is the thousandth article. Wow! I feel strangely honored to have been a part of this. I never imagined we'd reach a thousand articles back when I started the wiki. Good jorb, everyone! — wikisig.gif Joey (talk·edits) 18:13, 17 May 2005 (UTC)
No, I don't think it has anything to do with deleted pages. The number on the Main Page doesn't include pages marked as stubs, so as pages are marked and un-marked as stubs, the number changes accordingly. Game Sightings was the first page to be the 1,000th page. Fonts appears to be the 1,000th page right now, but if someone marked an article as a stub in a few minutes, the page created after Fonts (which right now is do over) would appear to be the 1,000th page. -- Tom 19:36, 18 May 2005 (UTC)

Font Examples

Would it be possible to write a little example of each font? I'm not much one for that sort of 'hacking, coding' type thing, so if anyone else wants to tackle it - provided it's possible to do so while still properly validated and whatnot, go right ahead. Thunderbird 18:44, 20 May 2005 (UTC)

I don't know where the "hacking, coding" comes in, but why not take a screenshot of each of the fonts as used on the site? — InterruptorJones 18:56, 20 May 2005 (UTC)
Ah right, that could work. I just meant hacking and coding as in 'you can't just change the font on the wiki with a little dropdown bar', at least I don't think you can... I just think it would look cleaner than screenshots. But if it's not possible, I'll get on the screenshots. Thunderbird 07:56, 21 May 2005 (UTC)
It's not possible. If you change the font of a bit of text on a web page, it only shows up in that font if the visitor has that font installed. Anyway, if you want it to look "cleaner", I just suggest that you make each screenshot the same dimensions. — InterruptorJones 20:51, 23 May 2005 (UTC)
I've now added previews. However they're not the same size, and they could be presented better. But, at least we have previews for now. «Rob» 11:59, 28 May 2005 (UTC)
And now I've put it all in a table. «Rob» 02:31, 29 May 2005 (UTC)

I think the examples should look more like this:

Times_new_roman.png

--TROGGA! 19:33, 29 May 2005 (UTC)

Ugh! The old font samples were way superior. First, they didn't take up as much space. Second, they provided a better context for the fonts. If someone wants to see all the characters of a font, they should go to Wikipedia or MyFonts.com. Reverting... — It's dot com 07:01, 1 Jul 2005 (UTC)
And on a side note, does it not ruin the entire point of the Quick Brown Fox if you Capitalize Every Single Word? --Jay v.2024 (Auld lang syne) 07:05, 1 Jul 2005 (UTC)
Which, as I can see, is not what happened in the last edit. My bad. I'm actually kinda siding with the big Quick Brown Fox blocks... --Jay v.2024 (Auld lang syne) 07:07, 1 Jul 2005 (UTC)
We don't need to see every character, which only serves to stretch out the table so it doesn't fit on one or one and a half screens. What is better is to see how each font is used on the site in a representative screenshot. — It's dot com 07:13, 1 Jul 2005 (UTC)
I do see where you're coming from, and I don't care enough to argue the point. But I also see where Trogga and The Paper are coming from. --Jay v.2024 (Auld lang syne) 07:16, 1 Jul 2005 (UTC)
I think the "Quick brown fox" examples are too big. Having screenshots of the fonts in use on H*R.com is better because you can see where its used (even if they are all different sizes). «Rob» 07:55, 1 Jul 2005 (UTC)

External Links

Shouldn't there be a link to a spot to download the font? EDSMILDE

That would be ideal. However, before doing so make sure that the font is free. This will take some research because a lot of fonts that aren't meant to be free are available illegally on some free font sites, and linking to those is out of the question. In other words, just because a font is on some free font site doesn't mean that it's legal, so be very very careful. — InterruptorJones 21:03, 23 May 2005 (UTC)

Additional fonts used on main pages?

I've found a few fonts that aren't on this page, but are used somewhere on the Homsar Main Page. I downloaded the .fla of the main page from one of the fansites, but when I open it in Flash, it tells me that I do not have the following fonts installed:
Bauhaus-Thin: The menu page buttons (i.e. Toons, Games, Characters, Downloads, Store, and Email).
Comix Heavy: The little bit in the top right corner of this. (The "LAST UPDATED ON" font.)
Potrzebie: Already on the font page.
Stencil BT: The font on the Heavy Lourde.
Anyone have any idea where these are used on that main page? --videlectrix.pngENUSY discussionitem_icon.gif user.gifmail_icon.gif, 12:34, 29 May 2005 (BST)
EDIT: Nevermind, I found them, and where they go. --videlectrix.pngENUSY discussionitem_icon.gif user.gifmail_icon.gif, 07:40, 8 July 2005 (BST)

Menu Font

On Tangerine Dreams, the menu font is not quite the same the one on my Mac OS 9, it's slightly different from this one. Should I add that? --—Darklinkskywalker|Talk_|i did this stuff_ 18:08, 16 Jul 2005 (UTC)

The picture included in the website you linked to appears to be broken. Do you have another example? -- Tom 18:30, 16 Jul 2005 (UTC)
Notice that the article page has been corrected to read "versions 7 and before." Apple switched from Chicago to a font called Charcoal for Mac OS versions 8 and 9. — It's dot com 23:52, 16 Jul 2005 (UTC)

Yes, Charcoal is one of my favortie fonts. --—Darklinkskywalker|Talk_|i did this stuff_ 16:03, 18 Jul 2005 (UTC)

You can also go to this page to see what it looks like. Or you can choose to download it from there aswell. --—Darklinkskywalker|Talk_|i did this stuff_ 16:16, 18 Jul 2005 (UTC)

My signature is now officially in CHARCOAL!!! I aslo have Chicago. You can link the links to download the two fonts and comapre them if you don't already have them. --—Darklinkskywalker|Talk_|i did this stuff_ 23:39, 19 Jul 2005 (UTC)

Pom Pilot Font (From the bird)

Which font is this? Is it already covered as one of the fonts, and if so, which one? Thunderbird 00:33, 20 Jul 2005 (UTC)

Wow, been a while since i been here, but yes, the font is called Trebuchet MS --TheDoggy
I think he's talking about the font on the screen, and that is definitely not Trebuchet. The font on the screen is pixelated. — It's dot com 00:42, 3 Aug 2005 (UTC)
Exactly. Just pointing out an unknown font. For whatever it's worth. Thunderbird 22:48, 12 Aug 2005 (UTC)

Solved. Ladies and gentlemen, Sevenet. Xyzzyka 07:10, 1 Oct 2005 (UTC)

Stub

Why is this page a stub? It looks complete to me. Rogue Leader / (my talk) 15:50, 20 Aug 2005 (UTC)

Because there are a lot of fonts on the site that we haven't yet added to the table. Just off the top of my head, I can think of the "electricity"-style font used on Awexome Cross, fonts in old toons, and stuff on things like fliers. — It's dot com 18:10, 20 Aug 2005 (UTC)

And don't forget about the Door on Marshmallow's Last Stand, or the NavBar, and Strong Bad's Message Bored, or the ones on the buttons from Main Page 22, and the TV Time Toons Menu, and the "TeeBee" logo on the Homestar's TV, or the subtitles in The Isle of Pom, and maybe even the Stinkoman K 20X6 logo, and "Thnikkaman's offscreen chorus, ooh, and don't forget the Highlights FAQ... (man I could go on for days thinking about the numbers of fonts on the site) — —Darklinkskywalker|Talk_|i did this stuff_ 01:16, 24 Aug 2005 (UTC)

I have made the preceding thread into a to-do list at the top of this page.

What about the words "How Come?" from Space Program? — talk Bubsty edits 00:35, 21 December 2005 (UTC)
Why don't you put that in the to-do list at the top. — It's dot com

Guys I need somehelp.

Alright!

What is the font size and color for the main,toons,games nav bar?

Thanks. -Teh C.

Colour = #666666. I'm not sure about the size though. --videlectrix.pngENUSY discussionitem_icon.gif user.gifmail_icon.gif 23:39, 1 January 2006 (UTC)
P.S. (Out of curiousity, is this for the StrongBad Emails:Prev & Next extension?)
Yes it is. Someone emailed me the font size

Block lettering? (oh that was bad. :D)

OK, I've gone through other days looking for what font was used on SB's Block screen, and I've come up empty. I thought it might be Charybdis, which is very close, but not quite it. So I consulted WhatTheFont and got an even closer result, but the loop of the "P" is two "pixels" instead of three. So it's not that either. Any ideas?

Oh, btw, along the way I also added every other font used in that email so that's all taken care of. Octan 01:21, 26 March 2006 (UTC)

Tangerine Dreams Font

What kind of font does The Cheat's computer, tangerine dreams use? I can't tell, 'cos it wasn't in any of the examples.--Gir007 02:16, 29 March 2006 (UTC)

From the Tangerine Dreams page:
Fonts: Menu - Chicago; Email client - Courier New.
So there you go. --DorianGray

Online Identify tools

[1] [2] JudgeDeadd 14:38, 19 April 2006 (UTC)

Andy Bold

It looks exactly like Akbar on my computer. --Dacheatbot · Communicate 14:48, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

WHy A Stub?

ISn't there enough info and pics on here to stop calling it a stub? Or am i wrong... what are the specifications to be a stub? IntelligentCorpse hr.png 04:54, 18 June 2006 (UTC)

A stub is a page that's incomplete. As there are probably still fonts we've not yet identified on the site, and more to come, this is a stub. And will remain so for a while. Like Sound Effects. --DorianGray

Table Separation

We either need to put all the seperate tables back into one big table (which I think would be best) or get the same column width for each table. Right now it looks messy and just plain couth. - Super Sam 11:32, 9 July 2006 (UTC)

I think the separation is good, but a standard format and width for each table would make the page look better. — It's dot com 06:22, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

Stop Sign Font?

What is the name of the font on the Stop Sign that says "STRONG BADIA"? Is is the font "Creepy" like in "The INSTRUC-TOR!"? Please let me know. --Homfrog 16:01, 26 August 2006 (UTC) +Actually, it's called "Drips". Jimmy91 17:42, 29 September 2006 (UTC)

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