CaptOblivious Posted October 17, 2008 Share Posted October 17, 2008 What is the font used on the JR station signs (like the ones these are modeled on)? As near as I can tell, it's a highly geometric sans-serif, just a little humanist (that is, with just the tiniest variation in stroke width), with a definite similarity to Helvetica. I've tried several on-line font identification engines, and none seem to hit it. I have nothing in my library that comes close to matching it. I'm guessing it's a font JNR made up, and I'm having a difficult time digging anything up on it. It's a longshot, but anyone here know anything about it? For those interested in an older JNR font, and software for generating various old JNR logos, by the way, these are great pages: http://makufont.dip.jp/ http://homepage1.nifty.com/tabi-mo/font.htm 1 Link to comment
bill937ca Posted October 18, 2008 Share Posted October 18, 2008 Some signs are made of tape. http://www.pinktentacle.com/2007/09/shuetsu-sato-tape-signs-at-nippori-station/ It may be an Asian font that takes Kanji into account. There is some design information in this article. http://www.jrtr.net/jrtr45/pdf/f12_ito.pdf Link to comment
CaptOblivious Posted October 18, 2008 Author Share Posted October 18, 2008 I saw that Pink Tentacle article while doing an earlier search: Wow! I knew duct tape was versatile, but man! I've since added that blog to my morning reading list, lots of good stuff there. The other link you sent is interesting, I'll have to take a look. I know for a fact that all the station interior signage is done in Helvetica. But the lettering on these particular signs is different, I think... Link to comment
kashirigi Posted October 19, 2008 Share Posted October 19, 2008 If you're unsure about which font is which, there's a handy visual font identifier here: http://typenav.fontshop.com/ The website appears to be acting up, and I can't see any of the images you included, so that's the extent of the help I can offer right now. . . Link to comment
Guest ___ Posted October 22, 2008 Share Posted October 22, 2008 Timing for this couldn't be better. Thanks for the link, all. I am working on creating a few signs in a larger scale for a project. Link to comment
Guest ___ Posted February 10, 2009 Share Posted February 10, 2009 Large scale project: Failed. Link to comment
CaptOblivious Posted February 10, 2009 Author Share Posted February 10, 2009 Large scale project: Failed. Could you say more? Link to comment
Guest ___ Posted February 10, 2009 Share Posted February 10, 2009 Large scale project: Failed. Could you say more? Mikuru-Chan says, "It's classified" Link to comment
CaptOblivious Posted February 10, 2009 Author Share Posted February 10, 2009 Large scale project: Failed. Could you say more? Mikuru-Chan says, "It's classified" You are no fun, foul tempter! Link to comment
Guest ___ Posted February 10, 2009 Share Posted February 10, 2009 You are no fun, foul tempter! Yes, but I made it fun with Mikuru (^_^) Link to comment
Drunkenclam Posted October 21, 2020 Share Posted October 21, 2020 Not sure if there was ever an update on this. But I started looking at making my own signage board after I was outbid on a Sakura Station sign board. But after a little search got this one. https://www.freejapanesefont.com/kokutetsu-ppoi-font-国鉄っぽいフォント/ I still watch YJA https://auctions.yahoo.co.jp/search/search?p=駅名板&auccat=24242&va=駅名板&exflg=1&b=1&n=100&mode=1 1 Link to comment
Yavaris Forge Posted October 21, 2020 Share Posted October 21, 2020 The download links don't seem to be working for me though. Link to comment
Drunkenclam Posted October 21, 2020 Share Posted October 21, 2020 oh Yes. My apologies 😞 There is a link in the comments section in the bottom. to different site. 1 Link to comment
Ōsutoraria no densha otaku Posted March 23, 2023 Share Posted March 23, 2023 I know this is a super old post, but just in case anyone comes across this in future asking this exact question: the closest available font you'll find, is called "Neology". Specifically "Neology Deco Medium", but "Neology Medium" is identical unless you specialise in fonts. It's not included in generic programs (like Microsoft Word), but you can search for it, and buy it, from font websites for roughly $US20. If you want to stick with easily accessed fonts - the closest you'll find is Roboto Medium, which is in most copies of Word / PowerPoint etc! I hope somewhere, sometime, this will help someone. 7 Link to comment
Madsing Posted March 24, 2023 Share Posted March 24, 2023 This is interesting. Welcome to the forum and thanks for posting this information! I regularly design signboards so I am always looking for realistic fonts. I didn’t know “Neology Deco Medium”, I googled it and found more information here: https://www.fontbros.com/families/neology/styles/deco-medium However, I don’t see it supports Japanese characters (only Latin scripts). Is that correct? Thanks, Marc Link to comment
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