Type O Negative Posted November 30, 2023 Share Posted November 30, 2023 Hi! I'm trying to (narrow down my search) in order to identify an unusual typeface on a 1991 Japanese game cartridge. It's basically Maru Gothic, but with line weights on certain characters (ト く & に) for example. Already looked in Adobe fonts, fontworks.co.jp and myfonts.com and not yet seen anything close. Any ideas? Link to comment
MissNobody Posted November 30, 2023 Share Posted November 30, 2023 The closest I can find is AB Shiguma. Link to comment
Type O Negative Posted December 1, 2023 Author Share Posted December 1, 2023 Close...but no banana. The ku く character is very distinct. (Look at the top and bottom half in terms of line weight) After going down a rabbit hole yesterday... I came up with: Just because it was around thirty years ago doesn't automatically mean it'll still be around today. = It might still exist - but in a back catalog such as Shaken fonts which will take more time to compare and contrast. I'll keep looking - just because A) it's still bugging me ( and it needs to be found!) B) it's very different. Link to comment
MissNobody Posted December 1, 2023 Share Posted December 1, 2023 Not every typeface in a real world is scanned, and converted into a font file. It just might not exist in a digital form. Link to comment
Type O Negative Posted December 1, 2023 Author Share Posted December 1, 2023 It may have been done on PAVO with a (digital/analog) phototypesetting (写真植字) machine. But it would still exist as a typeface. Link to comment
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