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Onideus Mad Hatter

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Jun 5, 2009, 9:59:24 PM6/5/09
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Does anyone know the name of the font I'm using in this:
: http://www.backwater-productions.net/_images/_Scraps/Web_Design_-_Video_Game_Consoles.png

I originally just extracted it from a bunch of other sources that were
using the font and have since just been copying and pasting as needed,
although that's somewhat cumbersome. I'm assuming that it is an
actual font and not simply something created from scratch in the
sources I found it in. My version might actually be slightly
different though because I couldn't find all the letters in the source
files so I had to "fill in the holes" so to speak with my own
renditions.

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"When I listen to people I don't really listen to what it is they're
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"Don't ever fuck with someone who has more creativity than you do."

"You're only one of the best if you're striving to become one of the
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"Is it wrong to incur and then use the hate ridden, vengeful stupidity
of complete strangers in random Usenet froups to further my art?"

"Freedom is only a concept, like race it's merely a social construct
that doesn't really exist outside of your ability to convince others
of its relevancy."

"Next time slow up a lil, then maybe you won't jump the gun and start
creamin yer panties before it's time to pop the champagne proper."

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they're just born with a soul. *snicker*...yeah, like they're just
givin em out for free."

"How sad that you're such a poor judge of style that you can't even
properly gauge the artistic worth of your own efforts."

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endless suffering, unfathomable pain and unending horror...but you
don't get sent to me...I come for you."

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tactical thermonuclear fusion based war head."

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function?"

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Intelligence is down 137 points across the board and the forecast
indicates an increase in Webtv users."

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Synbot

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Jun 5, 2009, 10:57:56 PM6/5/09
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"Onideus Mad Hatter" <use...@backwater-productions.net> wrote in message
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> Does anyone know the name of the font I'm using in this:
> :
> http://www.backwater-productions.net/_images/_Scraps/Web_Design_-_Video_Game_Consoles.png
>
> I originally just extracted it from a bunch of other sources that were
> using the font and have since just been copying and pasting as needed,
> although that's somewhat cumbersome. I'm assuming that it is an
> actual font and not simply something created from scratch in the
> sources I found it in. My version might actually be slightly
> different though because I couldn't find all the letters in the source
> files so I had to "fill in the holes" so to speak with my own
> renditions.
>
> --
>
> Onideus Mad Hatter

http://new.myfonts.com/WhatTheFont/

Onideus Mad Hatter

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Jun 6, 2009, 10:19:01 PM6/6/09
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Yeah, already tried that, useless as ever...or at least as useless as
the last four times I've tried using it for font identification.
Honestly, has anyone ~ever~ had that thing properly identify a font
for them?

I'm reaching the point where I think I'm just going to *MAKE* a font
out of the thing, rather than try and find it.

Onideus Mad Hatter

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Jun 6, 2009, 10:42:35 PM6/6/09
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Scratch that, I think I found it, or at least a reasonable facsimile.
I tried inverting my sample image and that seems to have worked.
Closest matches are:
MT Astromo Std B1 5 T
MT Astromo Std B1 5 L
FFF Compact Bold
FFF Compact Bold Extended

The closest match is FFF Compact Bold, with the N, X and Y matching MT
Astromo Std B1 5 L, which leaves J, K, M, Q, R, V and Z being
unmatchable to any of them, although those might have been the ones I
made from scratch based on the style.

I think I'll go ahead and take my version and make a new font out of
it, since there don't seem to be any exact matches.

Onideus Mad Hatter

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Jun 7, 2009, 12:06:52 AM6/7/09
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On Sat, 06 Jun 2009 19:42:35 -0700, Onideus Mad Hatter
<use...@backwater-productions.net> wrote:

Here's my version by the way, for those that are interested:
: http://www.backwater-productions.net/_images/_Scraps/Graphic_Design_-_Font_Sample.png

I'll probably make two versions of it when I make an actual font out
of it, one outlined like it currently is and one regular. I'm going
to check around a bit first though on some other font sites and see if
there are any other closer matches, if there are I might be able to
save myself the bother of having to make a whole new font, which is
somewhat of a pain in the ass.

Onideus Mad Hatter

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Jun 7, 2009, 12:30:38 AM6/7/09
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On Sat, 06 Jun 2009 21:06:52 -0700, Onideus Mad Hatter
<use...@backwater-productions.net> wrote:

*downloads a compilation of over 650 pixel fonts*

*sigh*

...this may take awhile.

Onideus Mad Hatter

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Jun 7, 2009, 12:37:56 AM6/7/09
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On Sat, 06 Jun 2009 21:30:38 -0700, Onideus Mad Hatter
<use...@backwater-productions.net> wrote:

Correction, over 1200, a bunch of them were zipped together in
collections.

*sigh*

...this may take a LOOOONG while. o_O

Synbot

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Jun 7, 2009, 6:24:50 AM6/7/09
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"Onideus Mad Hatter" <use...@backwater-productions.net> wrote in message
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The ouch couch.
http://www.softpedia.com/get/Others/Font-Utils/Font-Maker.shtml

Make your own ;)

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