Star Trek fonts
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The following is a list of fonts used in the different Star Trek series categorized by the companies that hold the rights to it.
[edit] Bitstream
There were at least two Li'l Bits packages released by Bitstream, one for The Original Series and a second for fonts from The Next Generation.
- Star Trek BT
- is the font with the original lettering from TOS and TAS; recently renamed to Horizon.
- Star Trek Film BT
- has the lettering used in the movies and in the titles for DS9 and VOY; recently renamed to Galaxy.
- Star Trek Pi BT
- contains the insignia from TOS plus the Klingon logo on lowercase a-d and ten Klingon letters on e-n
- Starfleet Bold Extended BT
- the font with letters used on the hull of Starfleet vessels; recently renamed to Millennium.
- Venetian 301
- part of the Li'l Bits TOS package; might have been in use for displays in TOS.
- Square 721 Condensed
- part of the Li'l Bits TOS package.
- StarTrek Next Generation
- StarTrek Gen
- Crillee Italic
- Swiss 911 Ultra Compressed
- the font used for LCARS displays.
- Transitional 521
- StarTrek Next Pi
[edit] MicroProse
With the game Star Trek: The Next Generation - Klingon Honor Guard by MicroProse, the company offered a couple of Klingon-like fonts from the game:
- MPS Klingon
- font with Latin letters in a shape similar to the Klingon letters
- KlingonDagger
- all Latin font that shares some shapes of Klingon letters
- New Klingon Light
- a collection of Klingon letters, most of them are different in shape than those used in Star Trek productions
[edit] Others
The following is a list of fonts that can be used to achieve lettering as used in the series.
- Helvetica Ultra Condensed (only majuscules)
- a font on which Swiss 911 Ultra compressed is based (which is used for LCARS displays)
- Jefferies Extended
- this font has the lettering used in Star Trek: Enterprise; this particular font designed by Jeff Yerkey and named in honor of Matt Jefferies
