Fonts with lines running through the middle of them.

Video_Game_King

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#1 Edited By Video_Game_King

Can somebody explain to me what's so popular about this font? If you don't know what I'm talking about, look at Sega:

and CNN:

and the FDA:

What is it about a line through the middle of it that people love so much? I know that there are more examples of this, but I can't figure out what people love about it. Can somebody explain?

13 years ago

luce

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#2 Edited By luce

Edgy isn't it?

Shadow the hedgehog I mean. Not the logo design

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#3 Edited By MarkWahlberg

@luce said:

" Edgy "

Liney.

13 years ago

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#4 Edited By mylifeforAiur

The Illuminati fills the line with subliminal messages >.>

13 years ago

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#5 Edited By FireBurger

It looks like the FDA made its logo, somebody told them CNN was going to sue them, and so they took the corners off the A.

13 years ago

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#6 Edited By NTM

What? I'm sure it's not that everyone loves it, it's just one of those thing that just is. So much so that I would have never even thought about it before I saw this thread. And once I leave this thread, I'll stop thinking about it because it's not really important. There's no real reason why it is the way it is, it just is. But I if I had to guess why some of the people that used that font did do it that way, was to make it stand out to viewers by being bold.

13 years ago

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#7 Edited By buzz_clik

Is it a line running through the middle of one piece, or is it two pieces that are next to each other? *mysterioso look*

13 years ago

luce

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#8 Edited By luce

@buzz_clik said:

" Is it a line running through the middle of one piece, or is it two pieces that are next to each other? *mysterioso look* "

It's a LAZZZARRR

13 years ago

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#9 Edited By manhattan_project

@mylifeforAiur said:

" The Illuminati fills the line with subliminal messages >.> "

I lol'd.

13 years ago

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#10 Edited By Dalai

If the FDA stands for the Font Design Adminstration, I'd ask them. Because I have no idea.

13 years ago

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#11 Edited By BeachThunder

You forgot IBM :(

13 years ago

Video_Game_King

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#12 Edited By Video_Game_King

@BeachThunder:

That doesn't count; that's more like "fonts with scanlines in them."

13 years ago

Skald

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#13 Edited By Skald

Wow, the FDA has a horrible, horrible logo.

13 years ago

ch3burashka

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#14 Edited By ch3burashka

It's just a font.

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iam3green

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#15 Edited By iam3green

it gives off different things to the color. it is just a basic thing that people do.

13 years ago

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#16 Edited By agentmoo

And what's the deal with comic sans?

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#17 Edited By Hamst3r

Yup.

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Portis

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#18 Edited By Portis

After all these years, I still really like the Sega logo.

13 years ago

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#19 Edited By nicolenomicon

It stands out and grabs your attention. Otherwise you wouldn't be asking this question. A lot of thought goes into those logos.

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#20 Edited By Mrnitropb

Alright font fanatics: Whats the name of this font?

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#21 Edited By benpack

I know one man who approves of this font.

13 years ago

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#22 Edited By xMP44x

@Mrnitropb said:

" Alright font fanatics: Whats the name of this font? "

There's a version of it I remember using called 'Sega'. Yup, it was a version of the font styled more like the Sega logo than anything else. The variant used for CNN is available online called 'CNN Font'. I couldn't be bothered looking for the FDA version of the font seeing as you probably never will want to recreate the FDA logo.

I've never actually noticed all these companies use the same font till now. Excellent powers of observation, OP! It's somewhat disappointing though, because despite all their graphic designers and such, they still just use the one font that looks so similar. Regardless, I don't really see much of CNN, or the FDA outside of the United States. To me that will probably just be the 'Sega' font.

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