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Chrono Trigger Font
« on: February 01, 2011, 01:49:15 am »
I have a question, does anyone have the typeface aka font called "Serif Gothic Heavy"? It's the typeface used for Chrono Trigger and I am on the hunt for it for artistic purposes... Please let me know ^.^

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Re: Chrono Trigger Font
« Reply #1 on: February 01, 2011, 02:16:21 am »

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Re: Chrono Trigger Font
« Reply #2 on: February 01, 2011, 06:54:05 pm »
I'm surprised we don't have this. I'll move this thread to the Great To-Do List and give it a bounty of 1000 points per font per game (I'm sure there are different fonts for CT's actual logo vs. dialogue, Cross's stuff, etc.).

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Re: Chrono Trigger Font
« Reply #3 on: February 02, 2011, 07:01:02 am »
I'm surprised we don't have this. I'll move this thread to the Great To-Do List and give it a bounty of 1000 points per font per game (I'm sure there are different fonts for CT's actual logo vs. dialogue, Cross's stuff, etc.).

Yeah I was shocked too. I know the Typeface only because I learned about it in college and then later saw it on an fan-project logo and inquired to the designer. So hopefully it turns up :)

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Re: Chrono Trigger Font
« Reply #4 on: February 02, 2011, 09:00:09 am »
"Serif Gothic Heavy" is obtainable, but not (legally) for free, from the looks of it: http://new.myfonts.com/fonts/adobe/itc-serif-gothic/heavy/.  It's also known as "ITC Serif Gothic Black", dates from 1974, and was created by Adobe and ITC (which means that it may be packaged with some Adobe software--Photoshop, InDesign, or the Creative Suite).

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Re: Chrono Trigger Font
« Reply #5 on: February 02, 2011, 11:08:59 pm »
I found it, here it is http://www.megaupload.com/?d=IUTW1870

I have the rest of the Font family if needed(light, extra bold, black...), but as alfadorredux said, it's not supposed to be a free font, I got it as an illegal download, not sure if it's allowed to be posted here...

I didn't know Chrono's logo Typography was that old, for some reason I always assumed it was made especially for the game.



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Re: Chrono Trigger Font
« Reply #6 on: February 02, 2011, 11:32:09 pm »
Thank you!!!  :kz

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Re: Chrono Trigger Font
« Reply #7 on: February 03, 2011, 01:36:32 am »
Get em while they're hot!

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Re: Chrono Trigger Font
« Reply #8 on: February 04, 2011, 01:29:43 pm »
this makes me giggle  :lol:

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Re: Chrono Trigger Font
« Reply #9 on: February 04, 2011, 08:38:32 pm »
I didn't know Chrono's logo Typography was that old, for some reason I always assumed it was made especially for the game.

That's funny because I had always known it was similar to one, but I figured they'd have had to modify it somewhat so they could have their own version of it...Anyone got side-by-sides for comparison? lol

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Re: Chrono Trigger Font
« Reply #10 on: February 04, 2011, 08:42:45 pm »
Actually the CT dialogue font is identical to the Chicago font in Mac OS 9 and older.

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Re: Chrono Trigger Font
« Reply #11 on: February 04, 2011, 09:44:05 pm »
Alright, well this knowledge bomb makes me want to up the ante Compendium-style...what do we know about the Japanese font choices?