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Striker
2004-12-29, 21:54
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.

Striker
2004-12-29, 22:06
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...

Striker
2004-12-30, 03:17
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.

greetzzzz