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This is what I come here for. The videos no other Trek channels make. Bueno.
@louisbrantmeyer8786
5 жыл бұрын
TheBigExclusive exactly
@AC-gb7do
5 жыл бұрын
“Pointless minutia” The fun of being a Trek fan.
@lmackenzie89
5 жыл бұрын
STAR TREK: THE FINAL FONTIER
@CaffeinePanda
5 жыл бұрын
Man, the fact that you opened this video addressing the "font" vs "typeface" thing right off the bat just confirms why I love this channel.
@LEGOJediMaster
4 жыл бұрын
Same
@michaelopnv634
5 жыл бұрын
"Oh, Junkball posted a new video. What's it about?" "Y'all like fonts?"
@LEGOJediMaster
4 жыл бұрын
Yup
@earth2bob
5 жыл бұрын
You've brought together two of my favorite things: Star Trek and Fonts.
@thod8820
5 жыл бұрын
Must be real fun at parties. 😎 (Just kidding, we're all chill here!)
@earth2bob
5 жыл бұрын
@@thod8820 lol, the last time I had a bunch of people at my house I hooked my tower up to my 4k TV so I could show everyone the joys of Firacode. I was a little drunk and getting really excited about ligatures, according to my wife...
@thecianinator
3 жыл бұрын
@@earth2bob what is firacode
@JohnStratman
5 жыл бұрын
Holy cow, love the new JunkBall Transmission intro.
@pocok5000
4 жыл бұрын
this is the old intro
@benjbk
5 жыл бұрын
"I'm too distracted by this ellbow skin!" Fin.
@StarTrekGames
5 жыл бұрын
"ATTEMPT TO UNDO THE LAST JEDI" HA! That caught my eye and made me go back.
5 жыл бұрын
Some shots were fired there :)
@stevangucu522
5 жыл бұрын
I expected just stuff, but I didn’t expect this kind of stuff, huh, More of this kind of stuff!
@Mephilis78
5 жыл бұрын
What do we want! More fonts! When do we want it! .... ... Someday
@poloMpolo
5 жыл бұрын
I had no idea there could be video on star trek font and boom, Junkball just does it. Beautiful vid, thanks
@Mephilis78
5 жыл бұрын
Of all the things I've seen on KZitem, this is probably the most original. A Star Trek video about fonts..... You're going to the top, kid!
@Levi_Skardsen
5 жыл бұрын
This is the kind of detail I come to your channel for. I'd like to make some suggestions for future content, if I may: Miranda class therapy Uniform designs Communicators Phaser designs The Starfleet chevron insignia Non-canon ships, such as the USS Typhon Non-Starfleet ships, preferably Klingons to start with
@CD-ek3iq
5 жыл бұрын
Levi Skardsen good list. May I add end credits to your list?
@ronin7997
5 жыл бұрын
Only you can make a font retrospective SEXY AF Junkball.
@MrSignalPlus
5 жыл бұрын
I can't believe I just watched an 8 minute video about fonts in Star Trek and was interested for every second of it
@braveintofuture
5 жыл бұрын
Thanks, after 25 years wondering what's going on with the random use of fonts this finally wraps it up.
@IsaiahAmos017
5 жыл бұрын
I’ve been waiting for this my whole life fonts glorious fonts
@benw9949
5 жыл бұрын
Hurray! Just for having a font-geek video about Star Trek, or a Star Trek fan video about fonts, you deserve a huge thanks. Hurray!
@RetroBerner
5 жыл бұрын
This channel is still my therapy
@ForceMaximus84
5 жыл бұрын
The most honest and accurate subtitle for Episode IX yet!
@thomasjoyce7910
3 жыл бұрын
This channel is truly a watery bowl of knowledge.
@PanoWorks
5 жыл бұрын
The ST:D font appears to match the Raleway family, specifically Raleway Heavy/Black.
@delusionnnnn
5 жыл бұрын
fonts.google.com/specimen/Raleway
@WrestlingWithGaming
5 жыл бұрын
Your stuff is average great but this was more interesting than a font video has any right to be. The Insurrection "bland" joke made me laugh then cry lol. Keep it up man. I love how you find topics within Trek that I would've never even thought of learning about. Really good stuff!
@blammers
5 жыл бұрын
Star Trek: Elbow Skin is so under-appreciated.
@DissociatedWomenIncorporated
5 жыл бұрын
It's one of the symptoms of that common space STD known as "Disco Fever". But apart from those flaky elbows and an intermittent mild genital rash, I'm _loving_ having contracted it!
@svart_kors
5 жыл бұрын
I'm very font of this channel. Good work! :P
@AC-gb7do
5 жыл бұрын
Scarlet Crusader Ahh, I see what you did! Quite fontastic comment!
@georgeholland2934
4 жыл бұрын
A joy to watch for all those type spotters out there, myself included. The Galaxy font was a particularly distinctive and elegant design. Has anyone else noticed the similarity to the typeface used by Etihad Airways?
@bwc1976
Жыл бұрын
I call it the Star Trek airline whenever I see it!
@stayfro123
3 жыл бұрын
Your channel is one of the reasons I love the Internet.
@endeavourist5287
5 жыл бұрын
The new Junkball intro is stellar! But you already knew that.
@IterDux
5 жыл бұрын
I don't know why I watched this, or why you made it. But I'm glad it exists. Thank you.
@cambellschunky704
5 жыл бұрын
@1:37 "Star Wars: Attempt to undo the Last Jedi" Well played, sir.
@ryanmiller6605
5 жыл бұрын
Never before have two of my interests merged so seamlessly. Thanks!
@moba8324
5 жыл бұрын
This video was pure awesomeness. Being interessted in graphic design and typography, this just made my heart melt. Thank you, Junkball!
@maxis2k
5 жыл бұрын
I'm a huge geek for font and logo design. Your subscribe gag was the best I've seen for any video on youtube. And the subtle jokes about Insurrection and Discovery are perfect easter eggs for fans. I think you made this video very entertaining.
@Transfixed
5 жыл бұрын
My excitement about this video made me face some hard truths about my level of nerdiness. Anyway, this is great, i have always been curious about Trek fonts but didn't think i'd ever get this kind of info. Thank you!
@davidsmall6322
5 жыл бұрын
Just watched the new opening, 15 times. Thanks J-Ball M300
@max_pin
5 жыл бұрын
A nice overview. A small thing: the font used on 2001's poster (and virtually everything Kubrick did) is Futura by Paul Renner. Serif Gothic was designed by Herb Lubalin, who loosely based it on Avant Garde (which he also designed), which probably took some inspiration from Futura. So ... maybe there's a tiny link there. Serif Gothic is tricky because it has a lot of alternate characters: cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/2435428/itc_image_2.0.jpg
@henryburby6077
5 жыл бұрын
I THOUGHT it looked like Futura!!
@Yateball
5 жыл бұрын
It's a good day when Junkball gives us some stuff
@kyj565
3 жыл бұрын
This just reminds me of the futurama joke where Calculer turns down a scrip after less than a second with "nooooo, I don't like the font'
@TheDylandProductions
2 жыл бұрын
I believe "The Cage" title font is Annonce, and the TOS "next voyage" trailer font is Ad Lib.
@ransom182
5 жыл бұрын
As a typehead I loved this video. Nice work sir.
@SuperTallCraig
5 жыл бұрын
Excellent, awesome video!! 👍This is my niche! 😻😻😻 Fun fact: Microgramma is also known as Eurostile. Eurostile Bold Extended comes up a lot throughout Trek and scifi. As far as pronunciation, Benguiat is pronounced BEN-gat, named after its prolific designer Ed Benguiat (who created many famous, well-known logos and over 600 typefaces, and currently age 91!); also Handel is pronounced just like a door handle and named for its designer as well. 😽Would love to see you go into more detail when you make one of these about the layouts, color schemes and evolution of the LCARS UI. 🙏(which is pronounced EL-cars, btw). Really enjoyed this video in particular; I love to binge on your content. Thanks for making, live long and prosper. 🖖
@MattMcIrvin
4 жыл бұрын
On the classic Star Trek: The Next Generation pinball machine from Williams, all of the score displays and such on the backbox dot-matrix display were styled like LCARS, with the same tall sans-serif font. It really helped pull the player into the atmosphere of the TV show.
@rbivgq1734
4 жыл бұрын
I can count the times on one hand that I have heard the word minutia used, very nice!
@g0nkdroid
5 жыл бұрын
This was glorious
@SaturnCanuck
5 жыл бұрын
Thanks. Quite awesome. Interestingly, in the original Franz Joseph "Star Trek Tech Manual" they say the hull font IS Microgramma extended (even though in the TOS it's not). The hull numbers from TMP onward is Microgramma Bold Extended.
@ValeYard13
5 жыл бұрын
“Pointless minutiae” how dare you?! Fonts are EVERYTHING! Amazing video.
@churchofmarcus
5 жыл бұрын
If I didn't want pointless minutiae I would not be watching this channel. Keep it coming!
@reluctantme5183
5 жыл бұрын
I love Star Trek and majored in graphic design in college. So this vidio was a win win.... yay!
@erklng
5 жыл бұрын
Your pronunciation of the word "used" is very unique. Great segment as always!
@sXeblues
5 жыл бұрын
I didn’t know there was so much to the fonts of Star Trek... Or, fonts in general, I suppose. Thanks for another informative and enlightening video, sir!
@trekker105
3 жыл бұрын
I'm still trying to chase the high I felt when, at 12 years old, I discovered that Crillee, the TNG credits font, CAME WITH WINDOWS.
@DIYDaveOK
4 жыл бұрын
I love this. Thought I was the only Trek font junkie :) And I love the "elbow skin" swipe at Discotrash.
@leytonjay
3 жыл бұрын
Brilliant, comprehensive video on something which is very rarely talked about. Thanks. xx
@JavierBonilla78
5 жыл бұрын
This is a happy Tuesday because of you Junkball guy!!! Thank you for this video. Keep going my friend where no KZitem channel has gone before...
@Ostermond
5 жыл бұрын
One, hell yeah, I'm all about typography. Two, awesome new intro.
@gsxerwhite
5 жыл бұрын
Dork. Jk I'm a graphic designer so this video is up my alley. Most people don't understand the importance of typeface, especially when conveying a message or establishing a brand.
@Scripture-Man
5 жыл бұрын
As a graphic designer who is also a Trek fan, I loved this video, thanks! :)
@DissociatedWomenIncorporated
5 жыл бұрын
Great video, though it's a shame you didn't do more to research that Discovery credits font, and I was also hoping to see coverage of the main fonts used _in_ series, like that Helvetica-ish one on TOS consoles (like their chronometer in the naked time) and the occasional door sign, the LCARS/door sign font on TNG/VOY, the Cardassian English font from DS9 computers, the computer fonts used in ENT and DIS, etc. Perhaps that's enough material for a part two?
@thegalli
5 жыл бұрын
You've got a great rhythm going right now Junkball, keep it up
@MoonjumperReviews
4 жыл бұрын
Nice video. I think it’s interesting that that variations on the TOS font continue to come back around, and the same for variations on the TMP “galaxy” font. They are both rather iconic to Star Trek. And yet, the TNG title font, oddly enough, so far has never returned for either “Picard” or the TNG movies. In fact, Discovery and “Picard” are both using the TOS font (or a play on the TOS font). Interesting.
@jasonhagar1758
4 жыл бұрын
Now I can sleep at night. Thank you Junkball.
@fubarmodelyard1392
3 жыл бұрын
A rabbit hole of pointless minutiae describes we star trek fans perfectly. Gets us through trying times
@nealsterling8151
5 жыл бұрын
LOVE IT! And Thanks for only scraping DIS.
@mizzmaddieUTube
5 жыл бұрын
The opening credit sequence was off the hook!!!
@Centauri012
5 жыл бұрын
I love the new intro dude, kinda reminds me of Thor: Ragnarok with the colors.
@MartinPittBradley
5 жыл бұрын
This is incredibly specific and very well done.
@bonzibuddy4483
4 жыл бұрын
I'm twisted in knots wondering what the font licensing fee was to make Sisko a baseball jersey. Not even joking.
@arizwe3983
Жыл бұрын
I love how I just got into star trek and I am watching this.
@Tyrannicus
5 жыл бұрын
Hilarious and informative - subscribed! How about a video on the rank insignia evolution? The TWOK-TUC ranks medals on the shoulders have always been confusing to me.
@henryburby6077
5 жыл бұрын
I loved this! Could you do another on the in universe fonts (ship registries, etc.)?
@haydenravenscroft1803
5 жыл бұрын
"Elbow Skin" I'm dying
@madmanarca3558
5 жыл бұрын
Getting in there before "Typeset in the Future" does an article on Star Trek, huh? Bravo! Oh wait, the guy who runs that blog published a book just a few months ago? And that book features an article on Star Trek typefaces, with a Mike Okuda interview too? Well I've not got my hands on a copy, so I won't judge... ;)
@Mr_Kenneth
7 ай бұрын
What a fabulous topic and channel. Ask any designer, the choice if font can maketh or breaketh the project
@SPLEclipse
5 жыл бұрын
I know nothing about typefaces but I do know a few graphic designers. If anyone in that profession watches this get ready to be nitpicked and berated beyond your wildest imagination. They fucking LOVE their fonts, and they will fight someone who gets anything wrong.
@StarWarriorCentral
3 жыл бұрын
Fun fact: the TOS episode "Spectre of the Gun" used the TOS font for the Sheriff's office sign.
@OliBeu
5 жыл бұрын
It never felt so great to win nothing like today! Thanks
@lorenzopirovano6727
4 жыл бұрын
That is not what we wanted, but it surely is what we needed.
@AshuraH
5 жыл бұрын
I burst out laughing at the "Go to hell"
@bwc1976
Жыл бұрын
There's one you missed that I was curious about, the one used on the covers of 1970's-era books such as The Making of Star Trek, and the Star Fleet Technical Manual. Looks similar to Kessel 205 or Wexford.
@ShaneZeBrain
5 жыл бұрын
I found this to be a font of knowledge!
@Pondimus_Maximus
5 жыл бұрын
The original movies, with the Galaxy font were my favorites. 🖖😀
@Crowbot3K
5 жыл бұрын
Brilliant stuff! This'll get several re-watches!
@nonofyourbusiness7384
5 жыл бұрын
Best Trek channel. Thanks for the great content.
@Otokichi786
5 жыл бұрын
I remember using versions of the "Star Trek" TrueType fonts in my Microsoft Publisher and Aldus/Adobe PageMaker days when I only used Windows.
@Uzzy66
5 жыл бұрын
This may be why I've always been a fan of Gothic typefaces.
@british-sama7007
5 жыл бұрын
Can you make a video about the Miranda class?
@beepthemeep12
5 жыл бұрын
Sure one sec
@beepthemeep12
5 жыл бұрын
kzitem.info/news/bejne/0X6Z0naPn2aJoJg
@InvisibleAvenger
5 жыл бұрын
I don't know what the details are, but the 1967 movie FITZWILLY (starring Dick Van Dyke and Barbara Feldon) uses the TOS typeface/font for its opening credits. It's really odd seeing the TOS font/typeface used outside of STAR TREK.
@philipyoung7034
4 жыл бұрын
I swear that is was used in another B/W movie too, but I cannot recall. The font is creepily similar to the Moscovites 1920 typeface used in "McLintock!", a 1963 American western film starring John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara.
@pwnmeisterage
4 жыл бұрын
They all probably employed the same graphic design artist to do the letterwork for all these 1960s shows.
@Jobutron1
2 жыл бұрын
"Looks like elbow skin", hahahahahaha, ohhhh, love your commentary
@jedewitz
5 жыл бұрын
1. Bro. I'm all about this new intro. That shit is awesome. 2. As an artist, I welcome more videos about fonts. 3. Good to see you making stuff more and more again. You've been missed.
@briggamescape
3 жыл бұрын
I WILL SUBSCRIBE and ignore Spock. You're such a cool youtuber man, I've been following you for years and can't believe I'm not subscribed (with this account...) Never stop them coming!
@eere3343
5 жыл бұрын
Name a better Star Trek based youtube channel. I'll wait.
@nonofyourbusiness7384
5 жыл бұрын
This channel is the only trek channel I get excited about when they release a new video.
@NoJusticeNoPeace
5 жыл бұрын
Trekspertise.
@eere3343
5 жыл бұрын
@@NoJusticeNoPeace Trick question. There isn't one.
@ThreadBomb
5 жыл бұрын
@@eere3343 Triangulum?
@NoJusticeNoPeace
5 жыл бұрын
Triangulum is run by a neckbearded fedoralord. I prefer my Trek without reactionary misogyny.
@reese76man
5 жыл бұрын
I believe that the MicroGramma font also used heavily by Commodore International.
@bwc1976
Жыл бұрын
Very close. Microgramma didn't include lower case, the newer version that did is called Eurostile.
@codyknoxable
5 жыл бұрын
I love this - thanks, Junkball!
@ToumalRakesh
5 жыл бұрын
Best description of STD to date: "Elbow skin"
@MellowCorn-xs8bn
5 жыл бұрын
You forgot the font used in The Cage
@sefgray
5 жыл бұрын
Junkball: "You're about to go down a rabbit hole of pointless pointless minutiae" Me: Nice
@ZodZulu
5 жыл бұрын
That was great! Keep picking at this stuff.
@sarcasticstartrek7719
11 ай бұрын
Cardassian computers use the Apple font Chicago found on MacOS in the 90s.
@Pants4096
5 жыл бұрын
My heart fancies you.
@benw9949
5 жыл бұрын
Benguiat -- /ben-ghee-aht/ -- From font designer Ed Benguiat. He also designed Avant Garde Gothic and a lot of other great 70's fonts. -- And yes, Stranger Things is awesome. Microgramma and Eurostile are related companion fonts, same designer and foundry.
@aaronsnyder2420
5 жыл бұрын
Great video but there was one more font. The Cage and the original pilot version of Where No Man Has Gone Before had another font if I remember correctly.
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