Gamer fonts for your personal computer

by Blake Snow { Jul 5th 2006 at 10:30PM }

This post goes out to any gamer typographers out there. DaFont has several game-related fonts ready for your download and use via a simple site search. Get to it, but remember less is more.

[Thanks, sm0ke]

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Franky Digital @ Jul 5th 2006 10:34PM

Uh.. isn't this illegal? I seem to recall Microsoft getting sued for the Vista font for similiar imitation or use of a font.

Grant @ Jul 5th 2006 11:32PM

Are Microsoft, Nintendo, or Capcom selling their versions of the fonts shown above? If not, how is their territory being tread upon?

Slash @ Jul 5th 2006 11:45PM

this site is a lot better for free game/movie fonts

http://www.typenow.net/themed.htm

Geoff @ Jul 5th 2006 11:45PM

Awesome. Thanks for the links.

Some I would add to the list though:

http://www.dafont.com/search.php?q=halo

http://www.dafont.com/search.php?q=sega+logo

http://www.dafont.com/search.php?q=btse+ps2

Wickedneoq @ Jul 6th 2006 1:43AM

Just thought I'd mention that Microsoft "official" Xbox 360 font is real, but not the one above. The real font is called Convection, and if you google search it, you can find out what it looks like, AND a possible work around to install the bad boy onto your computer, for free.

I personally use Convection for the 360 part of my MySpace profile, but only other people with the font will really take notice.

Rhyhon @ Jul 6th 2006 2:05AM

You guys missed a lot of them. Search for "Triforce" to get the Zelda font, "Mario" to find the Mario 64 font, Silent Hill for that one... plus the Halo one already mentioned.

MacGeek @ Jul 6th 2006 2:10AM

I don't know if this is illegal, but still is pretty cool

Brian (Magus) @ Jul 6th 2006 3:08AM

Try this one, as well.
http://www.thealmightyguru.com/Games/Games-Fonts.html

Sean @ Jul 6th 2006 3:10AM

Is everyone forgetting the Wii font?

...well, it's not a game but eh?
http://www.themeworld.com/cgi-bin/preview.pl/fonts/continuu.2.zip

cringer8 @ Jul 6th 2006 3:10AM

Another good font site. This one has some "logo" and "image" fonts that can be outlined in Illustrator.

The "dingbat" category is linked below. You can get Final Fantasy Characters, Silent Hill, Sonic, Mario, and more...free.

http://www.abstractfonts.com/category/5/dingbats

I love this site.

stayontheroofs @ Jul 6th 2006 5:04AM

You could download the Rez font from the official website, not sure if you still can but it's here if anyone wants to try:
http://www.sonicteam.com/rez/

Tiago @ Jul 6th 2006 8:08AM

These come in handy ^^

Moogle @ Jul 6th 2006 9:36AM

Re: Legality

http://www.typeright.org/feature4.html

"The US Copyright Office still officially refuses to accord protection for typeface designs. This is due to a misunderstanding of the field, which has resulted in the United States being the only country in the western world not to recognize the intellectual property in typeface designs."

This pertains to the design, the actual .ttf file is copyrightable, but you can just copy the design into a font editor program and you're legally in the clear. You can understand how much this pisses off typeface artists. :)