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Q: Font research ( Answered 5 out of 5 stars,   2 Comments )
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Subject: Font research
Category: Miscellaneous
Asked by: emmy-ga
List Price: $25.00
Posted: 22 Apr 2002 12:17 PDT
Expires: 29 Apr 2002 12:17 PDT
Question ID: 2692
I need to find out what font was used on the buttons www.timetravil.com, and 
then I need to download the font file for my PC. Am willing to buy the font if 
necessary.
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Subject: Re: Font research
Answered By: alexander-ga on 24 Apr 2002 20:13 PDT
Rated:5 out of 5 stars
 
I believe that this font is one called "Batman Forever", which can be
found at:

http://www.acidfonts.com/scifi.htm

To directly download it, use this link:

http://www.acidfonts.com/acidzips/batmanforever.zip (zipped TrueType
font, 52k)

One cannot be 100% certain that this is the exact font file that the
page author used without asking him or her, but I found it to be
identical in all respects, and I'm sure you'll be pleased at the
resemblance. :)

I also want to note that the upper and lower case characters in the
font are slightly different -- they usually reverse the angle of the
decorative slants. You can use this to get the exact look you desire.

Search terms used: batman forever font
emmy-ga rated this answer:5 out of 5 stars
Thank you very much! Exactly what I was looking for.

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Subject: Re: Font research
From: duncan-ga on 22 Apr 2002 12:56 PDT
 
Become a font detective, with this article on CreativePro.com:
http://www.creativepro.com/story/feature/0,,5628,00.html

Try using this nifty little Font finder utility.  It requires you to upload or 
supply the url of a good image using this font.  You might need to take a 
screenshot of the white title bar that is used on the site, and turn it into 
black text, to make it easier to read.  Then it displays a list of possible 
suspects.
http://www.myfonts.com/WhatTheFont/

Similarly the Identifont requires you to answer a series of questions about 
your font, and gives you a list of possible matches based on your answers.  It 
helps if you have more samples of the font, ie the whole A - Z in both upper 
and lowercase, as well as the numbers 0 - 9:
http://www.identifont.com/

Sending a message to a designer's forum, especially one specialising in fonts, 
is a good idea as someone there might recognise it.  
http://www.myfonts.com/FontForums/list.php?f=5

You could also trawl through some of the larger free font download sites, and 
see if you can locate it like that.  For instance: 
http://www.fontfreak.com/
http://www.fontpool.com/
Subject: Re: Font research
From: carriecc-ga on 23 Apr 2002 13:32 PDT
 
Hi, 

I'm not sure she was asking HOW to find out what font was used. Looks
like she just wants someone to find out for her and give
her the answer. 

I pulled down View Source on the webpage and saw it was created by
ryanshah@hotmail.com. Perhaps emailing him
would get a response - he may remember where he got the font and where
she can purchase it.

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