Changes: Star Trek fonts

Revision as of 07:49, 26 July 2007

Template:Realworld The following is a list of fonts used in the different Star Trek series categorized by the companies that hold the rights to it.

Bitstream

File:Horizon font sample.gif

Horizon font sample

Galaxy font sample

There were at least two Li'l Bits packages released by Bitstream, one for The Original Series and a second for fonts from The Next Generation.

Star Trek BT: is the font with the original lettering from TOS and TAS; recently renamed to Horizon.
Star Trek Film BT: has the lettering used in the movies and in the titles for DS9 and VOY; recently renamed to Galaxy.
Star Trek Pi BT: contains the insignia from TOS plus the Klingon logo on lowercase a-d and ten Klingon letters on e-n
Starfleet Bold Extended BT: the font with letters used on the hull of Starfleet vessels; recently renamed to Millennium.
Venetian 301: part of the Li'l Bits TOS package; might have been in use for displays in TOS
Square 721 Condensed: part of the Li'l Bits TOS package.

StarTrek Next Generation
StarTrek Gen
Crillee Italic
Swiss 911 Ultra compressed
Transitional 521
StarTrek Next Pi

Microprose

With the game Star Trek: Klingon Honor Guard by MicroProse the company offered a couple of Klingon-like fonts from the game:

MPS Klingon: font with Latin letters in a shape similar to the Klingon letters
KlingonDagger: all Latin font that shares some shapes of Klingon letters
New Klingon Light: a collection of Klingon letters, most of them are different in shape than those used in Star Trek productions

Others

The following is a list of fonts that can be used to achieve lettering as used in the series.

Helvetica Ultra Condensed (only majuscules): a font on which Swiss 911 Ultra compressed is based on (which is used for LCARS displays)
Jefferies Extended: Jefferies Extended font sample

this font has the lettering used in Star Trek: Enterprise; this particular font designed by Jeff Yerkey and named in honor of Matt Jefferies

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 {{realworld}}
-The following is a list of fonts used in the different ''[[Star Trek]]'' series.
+The following is a list of fonts used in the different ''[[Star Trek]]'' series categorized by the companies that hold the rights to it.
 == Bitstream ==
+[[Image:Horizon font sample.gif|thumb|Horizon font sample]]
+[[Image:Galaxy font sample1.png|thumb|Galaxy font sample]]
 There were at least two '''Li'l Bits''' packages released by {{w|Bitstream Inc.|Bitstream}}, one for ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series|The Original Series]]'' and a second for fonts from ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation|The Next Generation]]''.
+;Star Trek BT: is the font with the original lettering from TOS and TAS; recently renamed to '''Horizon'''.
+;Star Trek Film BT: has the lettering used in the [[Star Trek films|movies]] and in the titles for [[DS9]] and [[VOY]]; recently renamed to '''Galaxy'''.
-[[Image:Horizon font sample.gif|150px|right|Horizon font sample]]
-;Star Trek BT: is the font with the original lettering from TOS and TAS; recently renamed to '''Horizon'''.<br clear=all>
-[[Image:Galaxy font sample1.png|200px||right|Galaxy font sample]]
-;Star Trek Film BT: has the lettering used in the [[Star Trek films|movies]] and in the titles for [[DS9]] and [[VOY]]; recently renamed to '''Galaxy'''.<br clear=all>
-[[Image:Enterprise font.jpg|200px|right|Jefferies Extended font sample]]
-;Jefferies Extended: this font has the lettering used in ''[[Star Trek: Enterprise]]''; this particular font designed by Jeff Yerkey and named in honor of [[Matt Jefferies]]<br clear=all>
 ;Star Trek Pi BT: contains the insignia from TOS plus the Klingon logo on lowercase a-d and ten Klingon letters on e-n
 ;Starfleet Bold Extended BT: the font with letters used on the hull of Starfleet vessels; recently renamed to '''Millennium'''.
-;Venetian 301: part of the Li'l Bits package.
+;Venetian 301: part of the Li'l Bits TOS package; might have been in use for displays in TOS
-;Square 721 Condensed: part of the Li'l Bits package.
+;Square 721 Condensed: part of the Li'l Bits TOS package.
 ;StarTrek Next Generation
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 == Others ==
+The following is a list of fonts that can be used to achieve lettering as used in the series.
-;Helvetica Ultra Condensed (only majuscules): The standard font of [[LCARS]] displays
+;Helvetica Ultra Condensed (only majuscules): a font on which Swiss 911 Ultra compressed is based on (which is used for [[LCARS]] displays)
+;Jefferies Extended: [[Image:Enterprise font.jpg|thumb|Jefferies Extended font sample]] this font has the lettering used in ''[[Star Trek: Enterprise]]''; this particular font designed by Jeff Yerkey and named in honor of [[Matt Jefferies]]
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