FontFont and Emigr� both have some fonts that would approximate this look, but they are not 'bitmapped' fonts, per se. FF Gateway, Aircraft or Luggagetag might all do, if a font is in order.

Look at DaFont.com if you really want bitmapped fonts, or do a search with Google on that term.

Thanks Mike,

Gateway and Luggagetag are both nice, but just not quite there. DaFont also didn't have anything I hadn't already seen. It's for a logotype, so I'm making my own letters, but I was looking for some inspiration as I haven't made this type of letter before (the R and N are a pig to get looking right ...). I think I'm getting it working now though.

R

Something from Test Pilot Collective or Lineto might yield something for you.

Robert -- there are ways to emulate the stock
ticker look using some photoshop and
an existing font ...
you get something like this ... it could
be tweaked more ...



feel free to contact me if you'd like the skinny.

bj

<font class="dontLookLikeCrap">Have you flipped trough dafont?

in category
http://www.dafont.com/theme.php?cat=302&page=1

I could find several that could match your descriptions, like:
Big Dots
DS-point
High Speed
MK Zodnig square
Nokian

</font>

Chesh: Looked at those already, but ta anyways.

bj: I'm OK with the emulation bit (working on a grid in Illustrator and then scaling each grid square is my way at the moment).

Jan: I obviously wasn't looking hard enough at DaFont. Some of those look useful. I think I'm still going to go with custom letters but these are at least a bit out of the mainstream. BigDots and DS Point are definitely in the right area.

Thanks guys, very helpful as usual.

R