"Plan 9 From Outer Space" movie titling

anarchitecton24 May 2003

Hello.

I'm triying to find wich font was used to make Ed Wood's "Plan 9 From Outer Space" intro.

Here's a snapshot of it...

my picture

capthaddock24 May 2003#

My guess is that it's hand-lettered, but I don't really know.

anarchitecton24 May 2003#

Is there any font close related to this one?

thx,
T.

Miguel Sousa25 May 2003#

Yes there is!
And was actually drawn by the portuguese typeface designer, M

pogono25 May 2003#

take a look at Tasse from FB http://www.fontbureau.com/fonts/font_frames.tpl?fontname=Tasse

anarchitecton25 May 2003#

Thanks a lot people!

(Miguel,

cpkc10 Jun 2003#

Tasse seems like the closest match to me. It's based on Topic, aka Steile Futura, by Paul "Mr. Futura" Renner, which must have been the face used for the movie titles.

anonymous31 May 2003#

Try this.
Regards Jack C

ttf.
Plan_9.ttf (22.1 k)

Nick Sherman8 Nov 2006#

i designed a font based on that exact lettering:
http://www.nicksherman.com/design/plan9.html

probably a *bit* too late of a reply to be of any use to you now.

isa4d18 Jan 2007#

I'm triying to find this font GARDA
PLEASE

Miss Tiffany18 Jan 2007#

You can find it here at vllg.com

Quincunx18 Jan 2007#

"His site www.secretonix.pt is still under construction, but you can ask him the foundry catalog via e-mail ftfinfo@secretonix.pt"

Hmm, what about http://www.felicianotypefoundry.com/?

Bald Condensed19 Jan 2007#

Isa, please don't hijack other people's threads but start your own.

Captured from commoncrawl.org on 25 Apr 2015. original URL