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[crackedvenom]

anybody know what kind of font is on the rocket poppteers font?

[FilmEdge]

I don't think this is a pre-existing font. Looks to me like a customized version of a rather 'generic' semi-condensed sans-serif font, with the trailing serif points and swooshes added to it.

The O also looks even more condensed than the other letters, since the height/width ratio seems to change moving to the right. Look how squashed the S is by comparison, much closer to square. Yet it's a very normal sans-serif S otherwise, which leads me to believe it's a custom adaptation of a standard thick, sans-serif font.

Just a guess though. I tried an Identifont search and it didn't come up with anything close — it can dial in fairly well to an existing font, even if it's not an exact match. Also leads me to believe this is custom work.

[Euchre]

Although you can create such graphics with text totally manually, it's usually easier with a computer to take a font and apply effects to it. With some curve distortion and motion blur, you could pretty well get to the point that we see on that site, and it'd probably obscure it enough that text recognition couldn't work well enough to match the font. If such distorted text were so perfectly easy to match, CAPTCHA wouldn't be able to snare any spam bots.

I don't have the best eye for fonts and typography, and my main Photoshop machine is still down for now.

[note2self]

I'm just gonna throw this out there..
It's the wiki about SETI. since it started to get results in the 1970's.. it may have a clue or two perhaps. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SETI

[kboo]

hey has anyone checked this out yet?

http://super8.wikibruce.com/Scariestthingieversaw.com#June_1.2C_2010

[comadarkvale]

[The Barmaid]

[Guest]

i think this whole thing has to do with the WOW! signal or maybe SERENDIP because it took place in 1979 and isn't that the year in the trailer??

[comadarkvale]

[Jaked]

You guys might already noticed, but if you put in #1331 in as an adress in Minot North dakota on goolge maps you'll see that Super 8 motels have been very smart putting an add of their motel there

[khepet]

[Senjut]

Follow up on email received

[FilmEdge]

I don't know what to make of the header info, but the reply seems to make it clear that we will need to be registered (via the mail-in coupon?) before we can access any feeback/contact source.

Odds are that still won't be an email contact, but rather a pipeline of them feeding viral info/missions to registered Poppeteers. I don't think this phase has begun yet.

I found a large envelope in my mailbox today, hoped it was from the game. Nope, just info on kitchen appliances.

[crackedvenom]

[Senjut]