View Full Version : Most used font types in official subbed movies
ok, i tried searching cant find out what the most used fonts are for official subtitled movies on tv, on dvd etc
does anyone know? know how to find out?
for instance i like the font that lotr1 uses. high narrow, not too thick. but no idea what it is.
i we could find out, we can make some kind of great fontpack.
hmmm
http://www.cpcweb.com/services/subtitlefonts.htm
http://www.bitstream.com/font_rendering/pdfs/tvfontpack_specsheet.pdf
those are used by programs/companies
they look really great
standard windows (so i got them, u probably 2):
arial bold
bookman old style bold
verdana bold
other ones:
alternate gothic
http://www.flyerstarter.com/free-fonts/a/alternate-got-no1-d.html
trendexblackssk
http://www.flyerstarter.com/free-fonts/t/trendex-black-s-si-bold.html
bitstream oranda bold
http://www.flyerstarter.com/free-fonts/o/oranda-bt-bold.html
bitstream letter gothic bold
http://www.flyerstarter.com/free-fonts/l/letter-gothic-bold.html
bitstream zurich roman
http://www.flyerstarter.com/free-fonts/z/zurich-bt-roman.html
which ones look best?.......help me out here
those last 5 are free so we can probably put them in cvs.
dont know about those windows ones though...
blergh, they look totally different on xbox than on pc.....
only ones that look decent are arial bold en verdana bold
DayWalker
2004-12-30, 12:41
it's true, probably due to the border around the fonts that they look not so great. maybe if they improve it a bit the other fonts will look nicer.
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