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    Can anyone identify the font used for the title News Radio on this image: http://ak.buy.com/db_assets/large_images/530/40233530.jpg[^] I'm building a HTPC to serve as a DVD jukebox and I'm ripping all of my DVDs to files on the hard drive (I decided to start with my News Radio set because it takes less time to rip an episode than it does a 2-hour movie). I want to create some images to serve as folder icons. BTW, if you're interested in building your own HTPC (Home Theater PC), there is a *freeware* .Net application available called Media Portal that allows you to control your media. You can even get the source code to it if you want to delve into making your own modifications. While I'm here, if you haven't ever watched News Radio, you're really missing out. There are consistent references to previous episodes that you could miss if you're not watching intently, and Phil Hartman was a comic genius.

    "Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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    "...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001

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      Can anyone identify the font used for the title News Radio on this image: http://ak.buy.com/db_assets/large_images/530/40233530.jpg[^] I'm building a HTPC to serve as a DVD jukebox and I'm ripping all of my DVDs to files on the hard drive (I decided to start with my News Radio set because it takes less time to rip an episode than it does a 2-hour movie). I want to create some images to serve as folder icons. BTW, if you're interested in building your own HTPC (Home Theater PC), there is a *freeware* .Net application available called Media Portal that allows you to control your media. You can even get the source code to it if you want to delve into making your own modifications. While I'm here, if you haven't ever watched News Radio, you're really missing out. There are consistent references to previous episodes that you could miss if you're not watching intently, and Phil Hartman was a comic genius.

      "Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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      "...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001

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      Simon P Stevens
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      Try Comic Sans?

      Simon

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        Try Comic Sans?

        Simon

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        realJSOP
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        Nope, it's not that one.

        "Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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        "...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001

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          Can anyone identify the font used for the title News Radio on this image: http://ak.buy.com/db_assets/large_images/530/40233530.jpg[^] I'm building a HTPC to serve as a DVD jukebox and I'm ripping all of my DVDs to files on the hard drive (I decided to start with my News Radio set because it takes less time to rip an episode than it does a 2-hour movie). I want to create some images to serve as folder icons. BTW, if you're interested in building your own HTPC (Home Theater PC), there is a *freeware* .Net application available called Media Portal that allows you to control your media. You can even get the source code to it if you want to delve into making your own modifications. While I'm here, if you haven't ever watched News Radio, you're really missing out. There are consistent references to previous episodes that you could miss if you're not watching intently, and Phil Hartman was a comic genius.

          "Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
          -----
          "...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001

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          Rage
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          A propos Home Theater, Here an article by Jeff about building one.[^] He is running it with the Vista Media Center, Media Portal could be an alternative. As for the font, I *think* I have something equivalent on my home machine, can however only check it this weekend as I am currently out of office for the company.

          I'm waiting for Windows Feng Shui, where you have to re-arrange your icons in a manner which best enables your application to run. Richard Jones www.immo-brasseurs.com

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          • realJSOPR realJSOP

            Can anyone identify the font used for the title News Radio on this image: http://ak.buy.com/db_assets/large_images/530/40233530.jpg[^] I'm building a HTPC to serve as a DVD jukebox and I'm ripping all of my DVDs to files on the hard drive (I decided to start with my News Radio set because it takes less time to rip an episode than it does a 2-hour movie). I want to create some images to serve as folder icons. BTW, if you're interested in building your own HTPC (Home Theater PC), there is a *freeware* .Net application available called Media Portal that allows you to control your media. You can even get the source code to it if you want to delve into making your own modifications. While I'm here, if you haven't ever watched News Radio, you're really missing out. There are consistent references to previous episodes that you could miss if you're not watching intently, and Phil Hartman was a comic genius.

            "Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
            -----
            "...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001

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            http://www.dafont.com/[^]

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            • realJSOPR realJSOP

              Can anyone identify the font used for the title News Radio on this image: http://ak.buy.com/db_assets/large_images/530/40233530.jpg[^] I'm building a HTPC to serve as a DVD jukebox and I'm ripping all of my DVDs to files on the hard drive (I decided to start with my News Radio set because it takes less time to rip an episode than it does a 2-hour movie). I want to create some images to serve as folder icons. BTW, if you're interested in building your own HTPC (Home Theater PC), there is a *freeware* .Net application available called Media Portal that allows you to control your media. You can even get the source code to it if you want to delve into making your own modifications. While I'm here, if you haven't ever watched News Radio, you're really missing out. There are consistent references to previous episodes that you could miss if you're not watching intently, and Phil Hartman was a comic genius.

              "Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
              -----
              "...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001

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              From the same developers http://xbmc.org/[^ they now have a native PC client. (And also mac/linux IIRC) It has this feature that will query an online service to get thumbnails for movies etc.

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              • realJSOPR realJSOP

                Can anyone identify the font used for the title News Radio on this image: http://ak.buy.com/db_assets/large_images/530/40233530.jpg[^] I'm building a HTPC to serve as a DVD jukebox and I'm ripping all of my DVDs to files on the hard drive (I decided to start with my News Radio set because it takes less time to rip an episode than it does a 2-hour movie). I want to create some images to serve as folder icons. BTW, if you're interested in building your own HTPC (Home Theater PC), there is a *freeware* .Net application available called Media Portal that allows you to control your media. You can even get the source code to it if you want to delve into making your own modifications. While I'm here, if you haven't ever watched News Radio, you're really missing out. There are consistent references to previous episodes that you could miss if you're not watching intently, and Phil Hartman was a comic genius.

                "Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
                -----
                "...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001

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                Quite close I think.[^] The site has got lots of fonts. You might find it there.

                C isn't that hard: void (*(*f[])())() defines f as an array of unspecified size, of pointers to functions that return pointers to functions that return void "Always program as if the person who will be maintaining your program is a violent psychopath that knows where you live." - Martin Golding

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                  Quite close I think.[^] The site has got lots of fonts. You might find it there.

                  C isn't that hard: void (*(*f[])())() defines f as an array of unspecified size, of pointers to functions that return pointers to functions that return void "Always program as if the person who will be maintaining your program is a violent psychopath that knows where you live." - Martin Golding

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                  :doh: Let's check that, f[] defines f as an array of unspecified size *f[]defines f as an array of unspecified size, of pointers (*f[])() defines f as an array of unspecified size, of pointers to functions (*(*f[])()) defines f as an array of unspecified size, of pointers to functions that return pointers void (*(*f[])())() defines f as an array of unspecified size, of pointers to functions that return pointers to functions that return void Ok, it works :rolleyes:

                  I'm waiting for Windows Feng Shui, where you have to re-arrange your icons in a manner which best enables your application to run. Richard Jones www.immo-brasseurs.com

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                  • realJSOPR realJSOP

                    Can anyone identify the font used for the title News Radio on this image: http://ak.buy.com/db_assets/large_images/530/40233530.jpg[^] I'm building a HTPC to serve as a DVD jukebox and I'm ripping all of my DVDs to files on the hard drive (I decided to start with my News Radio set because it takes less time to rip an episode than it does a 2-hour movie). I want to create some images to serve as folder icons. BTW, if you're interested in building your own HTPC (Home Theater PC), there is a *freeware* .Net application available called Media Portal that allows you to control your media. You can even get the source code to it if you want to delve into making your own modifications. While I'm here, if you haven't ever watched News Radio, you're really missing out. There are consistent references to previous episodes that you could miss if you're not watching intently, and Phil Hartman was a comic genius.

                    "Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
                    -----
                    "...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001

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                    Matthew Faithfull
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                    Interesting challenge, This one[^] is the closest I've found. There are a lot of 'neon' fonts out there but I can't find the exact one which is irritating because I know I've seen it elsewhere, on another VHS/DVD box cover I think, Saturday Night Fever?

                    "The secret of happiness is freedom, and the secret of freedom, courage." Thucydides (B.C. 460-400)

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                      Interesting challenge, This one[^] is the closest I've found. There are a lot of 'neon' fonts out there but I can't find the exact one which is irritating because I know I've seen it elsewhere, on another VHS/DVD box cover I think, Saturday Night Fever?

                      "The secret of happiness is freedom, and the secret of freedom, courage." Thucydides (B.C. 460-400)

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                      Close, but not close enough. It's starting to look like I'm going to have to just recreate the thing with a series of point-to-point lines in Paintshop Pro. I wish they'd come up with a filter that created a point-to-point vector layer by tracing the edge of something...

                      "Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
                      -----
                      "...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001

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                      • realJSOPR realJSOP

                        Can anyone identify the font used for the title News Radio on this image: http://ak.buy.com/db_assets/large_images/530/40233530.jpg[^] I'm building a HTPC to serve as a DVD jukebox and I'm ripping all of my DVDs to files on the hard drive (I decided to start with my News Radio set because it takes less time to rip an episode than it does a 2-hour movie). I want to create some images to serve as folder icons. BTW, if you're interested in building your own HTPC (Home Theater PC), there is a *freeware* .Net application available called Media Portal that allows you to control your media. You can even get the source code to it if you want to delve into making your own modifications. While I'm here, if you haven't ever watched News Radio, you're really missing out. There are consistent references to previous episodes that you could miss if you're not watching intently, and Phil Hartman was a comic genius.

                        "Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
                        -----
                        "...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001

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                        DaveX86
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                        Magneto[^] is kinda close

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                          Close, but not close enough. It's starting to look like I'm going to have to just recreate the thing with a series of point-to-point lines in Paintshop Pro. I wish they'd come up with a filter that created a point-to-point vector layer by tracing the edge of something...

                          "Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
                          -----
                          "...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001

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                          Matthew Faithfull
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                          If you can get hold of 10 year old copy of Corel Draw I reckon it would vectorize that for you to a layer no problem. I still want to know if that is the same font from Saturday Night Fever. As a last resort you could always contact the publisher or the artistic director of the series.

                          "The secret of happiness is freedom, and the secret of freedom, courage." Thucydides (B.C. 460-400)

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                            Can anyone identify the font used for the title News Radio on this image: http://ak.buy.com/db_assets/large_images/530/40233530.jpg[^] I'm building a HTPC to serve as a DVD jukebox and I'm ripping all of my DVDs to files on the hard drive (I decided to start with my News Radio set because it takes less time to rip an episode than it does a 2-hour movie). I want to create some images to serve as folder icons. BTW, if you're interested in building your own HTPC (Home Theater PC), there is a *freeware* .Net application available called Media Portal that allows you to control your media. You can even get the source code to it if you want to delve into making your own modifications. While I'm here, if you haven't ever watched News Radio, you're really missing out. There are consistent references to previous episodes that you could miss if you're not watching intently, and Phil Hartman was a comic genius.

                            "Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
                            -----
                            "...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001

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                            ftw melvin
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                            I tried uploading the image to http://myfonts.com - but nothing was close. So I tried http://www.identifont.com and after answering 49 questions about letter shapes there were still 90 possible fonts.

                            "If you reward everyone, there will not be enough to go around, so you offer a reward to one in order to encourage everyone." Mei Yaochen in the 'Doing Battle' section of Sun Tzu's: Art of War. .

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                              If you can get hold of 10 year old copy of Corel Draw I reckon it would vectorize that for you to a layer no problem. I still want to know if that is the same font from Saturday Night Fever. As a last resort you could always contact the publisher or the artistic director of the series.

                              "The secret of happiness is freedom, and the secret of freedom, courage." Thucydides (B.C. 460-400)

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                              Matthew Faithfull wrote:

                              I still want to know if that is the same font from Saturday Night Fever.

                              Nope, not the same - I also checked American Grafitti... No luck there either.

                              Matthew Faithfull wrote:

                              As a last resort you could always contact the publisher or the artistic director of the series.

                              I don't know if the show title was done the same way - it might just be the box art for the dvd sets...

                              "Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
                              -----
                              "...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001

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                                :doh: Let's check that, f[] defines f as an array of unspecified size *f[]defines f as an array of unspecified size, of pointers (*f[])() defines f as an array of unspecified size, of pointers to functions (*(*f[])()) defines f as an array of unspecified size, of pointers to functions that return pointers void (*(*f[])())() defines f as an array of unspecified size, of pointers to functions that return pointers to functions that return void Ok, it works :rolleyes:

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                                Vikram A Punathambekar
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                                Ahem... ^ :-O

                                Cheers, Vıkram.


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                                  Can anyone identify the font used for the title News Radio on this image: http://ak.buy.com/db_assets/large_images/530/40233530.jpg[^] I'm building a HTPC to serve as a DVD jukebox and I'm ripping all of my DVDs to files on the hard drive (I decided to start with my News Radio set because it takes less time to rip an episode than it does a 2-hour movie). I want to create some images to serve as folder icons. BTW, if you're interested in building your own HTPC (Home Theater PC), there is a *freeware* .Net application available called Media Portal that allows you to control your media. You can even get the source code to it if you want to delve into making your own modifications. While I'm here, if you haven't ever watched News Radio, you're really missing out. There are consistent references to previous episodes that you could miss if you're not watching intently, and Phil Hartman was a comic genius.

                                  "Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
                                  -----
                                  "...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001

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                                  Joe Simes
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                                  There are quite few close fonts here [^] Click on 50's

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                                  • realJSOPR realJSOP

                                    Can anyone identify the font used for the title News Radio on this image: http://ak.buy.com/db_assets/large_images/530/40233530.jpg[^] I'm building a HTPC to serve as a DVD jukebox and I'm ripping all of my DVDs to files on the hard drive (I decided to start with my News Radio set because it takes less time to rip an episode than it does a 2-hour movie). I want to create some images to serve as folder icons. BTW, if you're interested in building your own HTPC (Home Theater PC), there is a *freeware* .Net application available called Media Portal that allows you to control your media. You can even get the source code to it if you want to delve into making your own modifications. While I'm here, if you haven't ever watched News Radio, you're really missing out. There are consistent references to previous episodes that you could miss if you're not watching intently, and Phil Hartman was a comic genius.

                                    "Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
                                    -----
                                    "...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001

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                                    John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote:

                                    Can anyone identify the font used for the title News Radio on this image:

                                    I'm guessing it's not a font, but a custom word mark, which means you're out of luck. Cheers, Drew.

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                                      Ahem... ^ :-O

                                      Cheers, Vıkram.


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                                      Big Daddy Farang
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                                      Just added that to my list of articles to read. Thank you! :)

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                                        Just added that to my list of articles to read. Thank you! :)

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                                        Vikram A Punathambekar
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                                        You're welcome. :)

                                        Cheers, Vıkram.


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                                          Can anyone identify the font used for the title News Radio on this image: http://ak.buy.com/db_assets/large_images/530/40233530.jpg[^] I'm building a HTPC to serve as a DVD jukebox and I'm ripping all of my DVDs to files on the hard drive (I decided to start with my News Radio set because it takes less time to rip an episode than it does a 2-hour movie). I want to create some images to serve as folder icons. BTW, if you're interested in building your own HTPC (Home Theater PC), there is a *freeware* .Net application available called Media Portal that allows you to control your media. You can even get the source code to it if you want to delve into making your own modifications. While I'm here, if you haven't ever watched News Radio, you're really missing out. There are consistent references to previous episodes that you could miss if you're not watching intently, and Phil Hartman was a comic genius.

                                          "Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
                                          -----
                                          "...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001

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                                          Todd Smith
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                                          this[^] one has a font matching search.

                                          Todd Smith

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