Comments on: Typeface used for "Parks and Recreation" titles?

Question: Typeface used for "Parks and Recreation" titles?

D.Billy — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 19:42:59 -0800

Designers and font nerds: What typeface is use in the opening titles of Parks and Recreation?

By: _dario

_dario — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 20:12:32 -0800

looks like a News Gothic condensed, or thereabouts. The C doesn't match well, tho.

By: chelseagirl

chelseagirl — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 20:18:02 -0800

Could it be Interstate Bold Condensed?

By: luriete

luriete — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 20:39:29 -0800

Yes, Interstate Bold Condensed - or perhaps even Compressed.

By: intermod

intermod — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 20:49:41 -0800

Ha! Interstate. Nice touch.

By: at the crossroads

at the crossroads — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 20:51:39 -0800

My vote also goes to Interstate Bold Condensed.
Scroll down to Interstate BoldCondensed on this page .
Then resize and tile your windows to compare
the title with the font side by side.
It is a very close match if not exact.

By: camworld

camworld — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 21:07:22 -0800

It looks like Interstate.

For some awesome font history, read this long NY Times Magazine article on the predecessor to the Interstate font called Clearview. It's a fantastic read.

By: rokusan

rokusan — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 06:24:24 -0800

I think you have that backwards, camworld. Clearview is the new highway standard, and it's slowly replacing the "interstate" font called Highway Gothic.

"Interstate" is a clone of Highway Gothic.

By: luriete

luriete — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 10:11:24 -0800

Highway Gothic wasn't available digitally to the public - and it was missing a lot of important characters anyway. Interstate is a very good digitization based on it, and in fact is a superior typeface.

For actual highway signs, some municipalities and the federal government are starting to use Clearview, based on evidence - from non-peer reviewed studies (I think!) by the designers - that it is superior.