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* ''[[Trans Canada Highway]]'': Title: Custom, the closest you can get to it easily is probably Neo Sans Ultra. Subtitle: Avant Garde. | * ''[[Trans Canada Highway]]'': Title: Custom, the closest you can get to it easily is probably Neo Sans Ultra. Subtitle: Avant Garde. | ||
* ''[[Hi Scores]]'': OCR A Extended (built into Windows and Mac) | * ''[[Hi Scores]]'': OCR A Extended (built into Windows and Mac) | ||
| + | * ''[[Twoism (release)|Twoism]]'': Artist, album and track titles are handwritten. On the original 1995 version, the font used for the credits is Gill Sans (built into Windows). | ||
| + | * ''[[Boc Maxima (release)|Boc Maxima]]'': On the cassette edition, likely Helvetica (built into macOS), stretched slightly. On the CD edition, Eurostile (paid). | ||
Zebramatic POW is a distressed typeface - the stripey business is part of it, hence the name. Zebramatic POW. It's just ITC Avant Garde Bold with some cheap distress effects. <ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/boardsofcanada/comments/1d240h/i_decided_to_make_a_boards_of_canada_wallpaper/c9mafog/</ref> | Zebramatic POW is a distressed typeface - the stripey business is part of it, hence the name. Zebramatic POW. It's just ITC Avant Garde Bold with some cheap distress effects. <ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/boardsofcanada/comments/1d240h/i_decided_to_make_a_boards_of_canada_wallpaper/c9mafog/</ref> | ||
Latest revision as of 20:12, 18 July 2025
Info[edit]
The real typeface you want is ITC Avant Garde Bold. You'll need to kern it closely. Avant Garde Bold is a classic design typeface, one you'll see crop up over and over if you develop an eye for it. It was particularly prevalent in the mid to late 1970's, an era which Boards of Canada has referenced over and over in its design language, and recently got a large boost in popularity when the Rock Band series of video games started using it heavily. The Avant Garde Alternate glyphs show up a lot, too, though they tend to be abused a bit - I haven't seen Boards of Canada use them. Avant Garde shows up a lot in designs of related genres and record labels because it is such an iconic, no-nonsense typeface without a lot of the humanism that Helvetica brings to the table.
Other BoC-related typefaces:
- Music Has the Right to Children: ITC Bauhaus
- Geogaddi: VAG Rounded
- The Campfire Headphase: Strasua Regular (free), which definitely gets some style cues from Avant Garde Alternate.
- Trans Canada Highway: Title: Custom, the closest you can get to it easily is probably Neo Sans Ultra. Subtitle: Avant Garde.
- Hi Scores: OCR A Extended (built into Windows and Mac)
- Twoism: Artist, album and track titles are handwritten. On the original 1995 version, the font used for the credits is Gill Sans (built into Windows).
- Boc Maxima: On the cassette edition, likely Helvetica (built into macOS), stretched slightly. On the CD edition, Eurostile (paid).
Zebramatic POW is a distressed typeface - the stripey business is part of it, hence the name. Zebramatic POW. It's just ITC Avant Garde Bold with some cheap distress effects. [1]
Music Has the Right to Children[edit]
ITC Bauhaus by Edward Benguiat and Victor Caruso.
Downloads:
The Campfire Headphase[edit]
Strasua Regular, a freeware font by designer Ray Larabie.
Miasm Infection, a freeware font by andi jones / angelwerks / channel zero! type foundry. [2]
Discovery by Happy Cycling Association Discord server member Michael Sandison/ehrmantraut. [3]
Downloads: