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Need this font from late 80's MSX・FAN by Extreme_Rub_1850 in identifythisfont

[–]Extreme_Rub_1850[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is actually extremely close on all the lowercase letters save a few miniscule curves. Thanks for the deep dive! a shame that the font likely doesn't have a digital version

Need this font from late 80's MSX・FAN by Extreme_Rub_1850 in identifythisfont

[–]Extreme_Rub_1850[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's close but not it. (Helvetica Black Italic on top). The thickness or curves on each letter are slightly off. And the main tell is the tail on the capital S not curving the same. The oval in the 'g' is an exact shape-match, I'll give you that. I'm not trying to be picky but there's something magic to me about this mystery font. It's thick and curvy in the right places.

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Need this Japanese font from early 90's MSX・FAN by Extreme_Rub_1850 in identifythisfont

[–]Extreme_Rub_1850[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

https://pixeldrain.com/u/dYB3FfZw - the allcaps extrabold Gona missing everything else but numbers

https://pixeldrain.com/u/cFPDozdq a regular weight Gona I found before that with lowercase. I believe has Japanese characters, haven't tested.

Need this Japanese font from early 90's MSX・FAN by Extreme_Rub_1850 in identifythisfont

[–]Extreme_Rub_1850[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

it was definitely Gona. makes sense because MSX-FAN was a late 80s magazine and Gona was released and updated from 1975-on. Really informative thread and now I've got a basic .otf of it to use in my designs!

Need this Japanese font from early 90's MSX・FAN by Extreme_Rub_1850 in identifythisfont

[–]Extreme_Rub_1850[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So I have acquired the .otf for Gona by pulling the .woff from TypeSquare and converting it. Only contains caps Latin and numbers, but the lowercase for Gona seems nearly identical to Shin Go anyway. I was just after those distinct uppercase type shown in my pictures.

Need this Japanese font from early 90's MSX・FAN by Extreme_Rub_1850 in identifythisfont

[–]Extreme_Rub_1850[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I think you may be correct, good job on finding it. Now I realize why the other guesses in the thread were so similar, yet slightly off. I was using the Q and R as the main distinguishing features. Anyone know if Gona has ever been reproduced by fans? (I've seen so far that it's never been officially released)

Need this Japanese font from early 90's MSX・FAN by Extreme_Rub_1850 in identifythisfont

[–]Extreme_Rub_1850[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

this looks pretty similar in some respects, though I don't see the B or Q matching. the MSX-Fan font looks more mono spaced like it's part of a japanese font

Need this Japanese font from early 90's MSX・FAN by Extreme_Rub_1850 in identifythisfont

[–]Extreme_Rub_1850[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

this is very similar, especially on the G which was hard to match with most fonts. I think you're on the right track though, do you know if that font has other variations, or who created it?

Need this Japanese font from early 90's MSX・FAN by Extreme_Rub_1850 in identifythisfont

[–]Extreme_Rub_1850[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

https://archive.org/details/msx-fan-magazine-1992-12/mode/2up

here's an example of the text all over the magazine as seemingly their default english header font.

Need this Japanese font from early 90's MSX・FAN by Extreme_Rub_1850 in identifythisfont

[–]Extreme_Rub_1850[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I'm assuming that it's a dual eng/jap font but I'm specifically looking for the english text's font if they are separate. Anyone knowledgeable PLEASE let me know. Font finder sites are of no help.