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Title: "Starcade" credits font
Post by: PeterMarshallFan on July 21, 2004, 05:03:06 PM

Does anyone know the name of/where I can get the font used in the Starcade credits? I need it for a site I'm working on.

It's very similar if not identical to the font on the bottom of this license plate, where it says "North Carolina":

http://www.platehut.com/images/plates_unit...ght_mna6704.jpg (http://\"http://www.platehut.com/images/plates_unitedstates/nc/NC_FirstNFlight_mna6704.jpg\")

Title: "Starcade" credits font
Post by: sshuffield70 on July 21, 2004, 05:26:20 PM

Hmmmm.......I have 2500 fonts in my computer, and I'm not sure if I have this one.  I know it's pretty standard since TBS used it for its' old WCW show.

Title: "Starcade" credits font
Post by: Gromit on July 21, 2004, 06:24:03 PM

Try what the font. Lets you upload a sample and analyses it.
http://www.myfonts.com/WhatTheFont/ (http://\"http://www.myfonts.com/WhatTheFont/\")

Title: "Starcade" credits font
Post by: Chief-O on July 21, 2004, 07:41:31 PM

I have a similar font on my computer called Madison Avenue. It's not as bold, however.

Title: "Starcade" credits font
Post by: PeterMarshallFan on July 21, 2004, 10:01:59 PM

[quote name=\'Chief-O\' date=\'Jul 21 2004, 07:41 PM\'] I have a similar font on my computer called Madison Avenue. It's not as bold, however. [/quote]
 Ah, that's it! Make it bold and you've pretty much got the font.

Thanks!

Title: "Starcade" credits font
Post by: SRIV94 on July 21, 2004, 10:26:57 PM

[quote name=\'PeterMarshallFan\' date=\'Jul 21 2004, 09:01 PM\'] [quote name=\'Chief-O\' date=\'Jul 21 2004, 07:41 PM\'] I have a similar font on my computer called Madison Avenue. It's not as bold, however. [/quote]
Ah, that's it! Make it bold and you've pretty much got the font.

Thanks! [/quote]
 I believe the actual font name is Advertising Gothic.

Here's (http://\"http://www.infinitype.com/samp/adve.htm\") a sample from the Infinitype website.  It's a little bolder than the font on the license plate, but looks like it a little more than the more commonly available light version (which I saw on Fonts.com as "Advertising Gothic Light").

Doug