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Matthan Heiselt
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I realize that I am just a newbie here at BGG, but I have enjoyed so much of the information, forum, geeklists, etc. that this community site has offered.
I hope I can contribute to the overall fun and enjoyment of this community by creating a fun game that users can enjoy. I very much love typography, so thought I would put my skills to use. I would love to offer GeekGold prizes, but as I don't have much yet (I still need an avatar) that might need to come at a later date.

So to start off 'The Font Name That Game Game' I will post some images with a game font. The first few should not be too challenging, but I will give bonus points if you know the typeface.

Can you name these Games?
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Stupid free since 1993.
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Power grid?
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Power Grid is correct. Congrats Chapel.

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Could you also name the fonts too. :)
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Good Point.

The fonts for Power Grid are:

Kaufmann Script and a slight varient of DIN 1451 Engschrift
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I believe the easy answer you are looking for is Princes of Florence, however, Traders of Genoa (and perhaps others) also look to be the same.
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Very Correct, Lord_Prussian.

Princes of Florence uses the typeface Goudy Text Lmbardic Capitals (I have also seen an identical font named Tuscany)

Last edited on 2006-09-29 10:53:22 CST (Total Number of Edits: 2)
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Acquire?
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Correct, Teemer.

Acquire uses the typeface Insignia.

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Puerto Rico / San Juan
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Very good Lajos. :)

Puerto Rico uses a typeface by the name of Malvern (also called Malverne)

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Tigris and Euphrates
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Very good. Tigris and Euphrates it is.

This games uses a unnaturally bolded version of the overused Papyrus. This font must dorn the covers of many, many other games, but T&E was the game I was going for.

I hate this font only after Comic Sans.

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This thread gives me a funny feeling in my tummy. I love fonts!
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Legomancer wrote:
This thread gives me a funny feeling in my tummy. I love fonts!


Me, too.:cool:

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This games uses a unnaturally bolded version of the overused Papyrus. This font must dorn the covers of many, many other games, but T&E was the game I was going for.


See also China and Seeräuber.

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I hate this font only after Comic Sans.


Brother! thumbsup
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Blokus

and excellent work. This thread is great!
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Yes, indeed AnakinOU, it is Blokus. (BTW, thanks for the tip!)

Blokus uses an altered version of Veriex, a typeface by one of my favorite type foundries, Emigre.

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Caylus ?
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