PICARD/FONTS: Substitutes for Tungsten

[DEWLine]

Okay, so Hoefler Co. tweeted months ago that the graphic design team on Picard decided to go with Tungsten for their Starfleet-issue Okudagrams. I've started wondering about lower-cost alternatives for fans of a mind to try to recreate that look from that series' timeframe. MyFonts seems to have something moderately close (though not exact, I'm certain): Gravitica Compressed.

Opinions?

 

[DEWLine]

Personally, I vote "yes". The resemblance seems close enough without triggering legal issues.
If anyone disagrees, I'll be interested in your thoughts.

 

[Felderburg]

Certainly looks like it... it looks a lot like Helvetica Ultra Compressed, which is what I understand to be the original LCARS font. In fact, it looks suspiciously similar... there are variations, to be sure, but I wouldn't be surprised if they're trying to cash in on the popularity of LCARS-style fonts (Tungsten was used in the Young Justice credits, apparently).

 

[DEWLine]

I think originally they started out with Compacta but moved to Helvetica Ultra Condensed for reasons I do not know.

I am probably going to buy Gravitica Compressed.

 

[Felderburg]

no idea what the font used in the picard logos were, so when I made a replica of the picard logos I initially did it manually

http://www.imagebam.com/image/2012311371136499

That looks really good! The font looks to me kind of like Changeling Neo, which seems vaguely inspired by sci fi 80s fonts, like the Terminator font... but I swear I've seen something like it with a 'gothic' in the title. There's also a passing similarity in some letters to Eurostile.

There's a 'Eurostile Candy' font that has a reasonable look (also FF Cube), but the A and M really mess with things, assuming the clearer pictures of the Starfleet Museum logos are the font (the only screenshot I found so far is very blurry, and it's not clear to me if the clearer images, despite being used on official sites, are actually what ended up on screen).

 

[DEWLine]

FF Cube seems to be part of the Starfleet UI/UX standard kit for DSC in both 23rd and 32nd centuries, alongside Eurostile Extended.

Eurostile seems to be one of Rios' preferences for aboard La Sirena.

 

[PixelMagic]

Eurostile Extended is also the hull font for the name and registry number on the Kelvin Enterprise/Enteprise-A.