name that Red Box D&D font!
Patrick Murphy
Just for the hell of it, I've been trying to track down that font that TSR
used to use for the lettering in "DUNGEONS & DRAGONS". You fellow
old-timers know the one I mean. From the old Red Box set, the one that used
to be on the old gold AD&D character sheets, etc. Kind of like saloon
lettering...
Thanks in advance for any tips!
Ciao,
Patrick
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The Black Dragon
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> Hey all,
>
> Just for the hell of it, I've been trying to track down that font that TSR
> used to use for the lettering in "DUNGEONS & DRAGONS". You fellow
> old-timers know the one I mean. From the old Red Box set, the one that used
> to be on the old gold AD&D character sheets, etc. Kind of like saloon
> lettering...
>
IIRC, that font is called "Soutane". I used to have it somewhere, but don't know
which disk it's on or if it's legal to distribute as shareware. I'll see if I
can dig it up to confirm the name and it's distribution vendor/status.
-- TBD
The Black Dragon
> Patrick Murphy <mur...@email.unc.edu> wrote...
> > Hey all,
> >
> > Just for the hell of it, I've been trying to track down that font that TSR
> > used to use for the lettering in "DUNGEONS & DRAGONS". You fellow
> > old-timers know the one I mean. From the old Red Box set, the one that used
> > to be on the old gold AD&D character sheets, etc. Kind of like saloon
> > lettering...
> >
>
> IIRC, that font is called "Soutane". I used to have it somewhere, but don't
know
> which disk it's on or if it's legal to distribute as shareware. I'll see if I
> can dig it up to confirm the name and it's distribution vendor/status.
>
Is this the one you're looking for? TSR did use this one at one point, but I
don't know if it's the one on the red box:
http://masterstech-home.com/The_Library/Font_Samples/Font_Indices/Image_Pages/S/
Soutane.html
It is shareware and it's a free download, but it's in Mac format. If you're
using Windows, go to the site's main page and download their Mac to Windows font
converter. Should work. I can't find my Windows version of the files anywhere.
Looks like my disks are sprouting legs again.
- TBD
Patrick Murphy
<jha...@ycsi.net> wrote:
> Patrick Murphy <mur...@email.unc.edu> wrote in message
> news:7imnch$l6v$1...@nntp8.atl.mindspring.net...
>> Hey all,
>>
>> Just for the hell of it, I've been trying to track down that font that TSR
>> used to use for the lettering in "DUNGEONS & DRAGONS". You fellow
>> old-timers know the one I mean. From the old Red Box set, the one that used
>> to be on the old gold AD&D character sheets, etc. Kind of like saloon
>> lettering...
>>
>
> IIRC, that font is called "Soutane". I used to have it somewhere, but don't
know
> which disk it's on or if it's legal to distribute as shareware. I'll see if I
> can dig it up to confirm the name and it's distribution vendor/status.
You da man for trying to help me with this, you know.
But that font (which is the same as Souvienne/Souvenir/other names) is the
font that they used for the body text, and I was more interested in the
actual title letting for "DUNGEONS & DRAGONS".
It's the same one they used on the old 1st Edition Player's Handbook, DMG,
etc., except those of course say "ADVANCED DUNGEONS & DRAGONS". AFAIK, TSR
only used it for the titles and didn't use it anywhere else in their books.
I have a scanned image of it if anyone thinks it'll help them ID it.
Thanks,
Mike Markovich
<mur...@email.unc.edu> wrote:
>It's the same one they used on the old 1st Edition Player's Handbook, DMG,
>etc., except those of course say "ADVANCED DUNGEONS & DRAGONS". AFAIK, TSR
>only used it for the titles and didn't use it anywhere else in their books.
according to a previous thread on this ng, that font is called subway regular.
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Patrick Murphy
(Mike Markovich) wrote:
>>It's the same one they used on the old 1st Edition Player's Handbook, DMG,
>>etc., except those of course say "ADVANCED DUNGEONS & DRAGONS". AFAIK, TSR
>>only used it for the titles and didn't use it anywhere else in their books.
>
> according to a previous thread on this ng, that font is called subway regular.
Hmm, I looked at a "Subway" by FontHaus, and it looks kinda like the
reprints of the 1st edition books (I think, I never owned one with this
type), but not the font from the original 1st edition Player's Handbook, for
example, which has the demonic-looking statue on it (and that's the one I'm
looking for). Do you happen to know if "Subway Regular" is a different
font, or better yet, which foundry produces it?
Thanks in advance,
Patrick Murphy
<mur...@email.unc.edu> wrote:
> Hmm, I looked at a "Subway" by FontHaus, and it looks kinda like the
> reprints of the 1st edition books (I think, I never owned one with this
> type), but not the font from the original 1st edition Player's Handbook, for
> example, which has the demonic-looking statue on it (and that's the one I'm
> looking for). Do you happen to know if "Subway Regular" is a different
> font, or better yet, which foundry produces it?
Nothing I love better than answering my own posts. Several times. :^)
Anyway, I found it. For the record, the font that TSR used to use for the
D&D title lettering was an outlined version of "Woodtype" by URW.
I hope to make a "what font was that?" for RPGs available on my web site
soon. Contributions will be most welcome...
Ciao,
Rob Hertel
>
> Hmm, I looked at a "Subway" by FontHaus, and it looks kinda like the
> reprints of the 1st edition books (I think, I never owned one with this
> type), but not the font from the original 1st edition Player's Handbook, for
> example, which has the demonic-looking statue on it (and that's the one I'm
> looking for). Do you happen to know if "Subway Regular" is a different
> font, or better yet, which foundry produces it?
Try posting your scanned sample to alt.binaries.fonts. Somebody
may be able to ID it for you.
Rob
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