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Originally Posted by Chrisms
i tend to agree with him... It's a number, painted. the number.. in blue... probably times new roman.
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Actually, it's another font. The font seen on the artworks is a sans-serif font, meaning they lack the little "feet" seen in a serif font like
Times New Roman.
That said, I can say with absolute certainty that whatever font they did use doesn't come with Mac OS X 10.4.6. (Only one of the fonts was a decent match for that somewhat distinctive 1 in the above photo, and none could match the 6.)
Fonts are an interesting thing to play with, especially when you're looking to differentiate your words. While fonts such as Verdana, Arial, and Times New Roman tend to rule the day on the Web, you can really get creative with printed items. Compare, for example, 1293's 2004 t-shirt (
seen here) with
the team's 2006 shirt. Neither is a bad shirt, but most would agree that the latter is a bit more distinctive. Arial Black (which is the typeface used for the 1293 on the 2004 shirt) is a bit more common than Blade Runner (used for 2006), which would help it to stand out a bit better in a crowd of numbered shirts.
(Granted, uniqueness can also lead to multiple teams using the same font for its uniqueness--I know for a fact that 121 uses the same font on their shirts and robot.)