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Exocet (typeface)
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Exocet is a typeface designed by Jonathan Barnbrook
for the Emigre
foundry
in 1991. It was originally designed for the European annual Illustration Now. It was used extensively for product designs in the 1990s, most notably for Tazo Tea
. It can be seen in the 1993 movie Demolition Man
where it is used extensively in the museum scene. It was also used in the film Dogma
, the film Star Trek Nemesis, the Dungeons and Dragons campaign setting Planescape
, the English translation of the Korean manhwa
Priest
, the Diablo computer game series and the Sony PlayStation
scrolling shooter game Einhänder
. The stylized "Q" logo from the Quake series
of videogames is thought to be a modification of the exocet "Q".
The font is inspired by ancient incised Greek and Roman letter carvings, with geometric shapes used for the main construction. For example, the stylized "Q" is based on Qoppa
, an ancient form of "Q", while the "O" with a cross (
) is an early form of Theta
.
It is an all-capitals font, with different capital glyphs shown for both lowercase and capital letters, as evidenced by the T/t difference in the image. It is available in “light” and “heavy” varieties. There is no italic.
A sans version of the font from the same designer, called Patriot, was released in 1997 and is available from Virus.
Jonathan Barnbrook
Jonathan Barnbrook , is a British graphic designer and typographer. He trained at Central St Martin's and at the Royal College of Art .- Work :...
for the Emigre
Emigre
Emigre, also known as Emigre Graphics, is a digital type foundry, publisher and distributor of graphic design centered information based in Berkeley, California, that was founded in 1984 by husband-and-wife team Rudy VanderLans and Zuzana Licko. The type foundry also published Emigre magazine...
foundry
Type foundry
A type foundry is a company that designs or distributes typefaces. Originally, type foundries manufactured and sold metal and wood typefaces and matrices for line-casting machines like the Linotype and Monotype machines designed to be printed on letterpress printers...
in 1991. It was originally designed for the European annual Illustration Now. It was used extensively for product designs in the 1990s, most notably for Tazo Tea
Tazo
Tazo Tea Company is a tea manufacturer and distributor based in Portland, Oregon, now a division of Starbucks.-History:Tazo Tea was founded in 1994 by Steve Smith along with his business partners Stephen Lee and Tom Mesher. Lee and Smith had co-founded the Stash Tea Company in 1972...
. It can be seen in the 1993 movie Demolition Man
Demolition Man (film)
Demolition Man is a 1993 American, science fiction action film directed by Marco Brambilla, and starring Sylvester Stallone and Wesley Snipes. Sandra Bullock, Nigel Hawthorne, and Denis Leary co-star....
where it is used extensively in the museum scene. It was also used in the film Dogma
Dogma (film)
Dogma is a 1999 American adventure fantasy comedy film written and directed by Kevin Smith, who also stars in the film along with an ensemble cast that includes Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, Linda Fiorentino, Alan Rickman, Bud Cort, Salma Hayek, Chris Rock, Jason Lee, George Carlin, Janeane Garofalo,...
, the film Star Trek Nemesis, the Dungeons and Dragons campaign setting Planescape
Planescape
Planescape is a campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, originally designed by Zeb Cook. The Planescape setting was published in 1994...
, the English translation of the Korean manhwa
Manhwa
Manhwa is the general Korean term for comics and print cartoons . Outside of Korea, the term usually refers specifically to South Korean comics. The term, along with manga, is a cognate of the Chinese manhua...
Priest
Priest (manhwa)
Priest was a manhwa series created by Hyung Min-woo. It fuses the Western genre with supernatural horror and dark fantasy themes and is notable for its unusual, angular art style...
, the Diablo computer game series and the Sony PlayStation
PlayStation
The is a 32-bit fifth-generation video game console first released by Sony Computer Entertainment in Japan on December 3, .The PlayStation was the first of the PlayStation series of consoles and handheld game devices. The PlayStation 2 was the console's successor in 2000...
scrolling shooter game Einhänder
Einhänder
is a scrolling shooter developed by Square for the PlayStation console. It was released in Japan on November 20, 1997 and in North America on April 30, 1998. It was also re-released for the Japanese PlayStation Network on June 25, 2008...
. The stylized "Q" logo from the Quake series
Quake (series)
The Quake series is a line of first-person shooter video games produced by id Software.-Overview:The Quake series is somewhat unusual in that its focus changes frequently; the story of Quake II has nothing to do with Quake, and Quake III Arena has little to do with either of its predecessors...
of videogames is thought to be a modification of the exocet "Q".
Qoppa
Koppa or Qoppa is a letter that was used in early forms of the Greek alphabet, derived from Phoenician qoph. It was originally used to denote the /k/ sound, but dropped out of use as an alphabetic character in favour of Kappa . It has remained in use as a numeral symbol in the system of Greek...
, an ancient form of "Q", while the "O" with a cross (
Theta
Theta is the eighth letter of the Greek alphabet, derived from the Phoenician letter Teth...
.
It is an all-capitals font, with different capital glyphs shown for both lowercase and capital letters, as evidenced by the T/t difference in the image. It is available in “light” and “heavy” varieties. There is no italic.
A sans version of the font from the same designer, called Patriot, was released in 1997 and is available from Virus.