One of the first fonts I started working on. It was inspired by the bitmap font used in Gradius III.

Bacterion Beta ODN

Similar to Bacterion Alpha ODN, this is also a Gradius font. This one comes from the PlayStation 2 version Gradius IV, which used a smooth version of the bitmap from Gradius III in the menu screen. Note: The original arcade version used a bitmap similar to the first 2 Gradius games.

Bacterion Gamma ODN

This came as an idea while going Bacterion Beta ODN. It’s not based on any of the Gradius games, but the lettering is heavily inspired by them.

Bacterion Delta ODN

(No preview image yet, I haven’t completed enough of the lettering)

Bacterion Delta ODN has similar roots to Beta. This one is based on the bitmap lettering from the first two Gradius games but smoothed out.

Bacterion Epsilon ODN

(No preview image yet, I haven’t even STARTED this one)

I haven’t decided what this one will end up being based on. I’m leaning toward doing a bitmap version of the Bacterion Delta ODN font. The other idea is to do something with the lettering in Gradius IV, which is a cross between the first 2 games with some stylization from Gradius III.

Nintendoized Advance ODN

A lot of the GameBoy Advance remakes of NES games used a squashed version of the lettering from their original games. I’m guessing it was due to the different resolution of the GBA screen. This font in particular got its start after playing ‘The Legend of Zelda’ on the GBA.

Nintendoized Classic ODN

It’s the font used on the Nintendo Entertainment System and the packaging of it’s peripherals. Not much else to say other than, “Now You’re Playing With Power!”

Paisano ODN

Mostly based on the logo of ‘New Super Mario Bros. Wii’ (specifically the Mario Bros. part…the Super is a different style), which its self is based on the title screen font from the original Super Mario Bros. I do plan to do a separate version called Paisano Alt ODN to cover the different lettering the ‘Super’ part of the logos use.

Super Nintendoized ODN

I’ve already shown this one off, but a little information on it. Ever take a REALLY good look at the Super Nintendo logo? You might notice none of the lettering is consistently drawn. Different angles, different inside radii, different outside radii, it’s really a mess design wise. To get the best quality I could, I used the lettering on various SNES product boxes. It got me most of the letters I needed and a decent angle for them overall. It also appears that someone at Nintendo noticed as well and updated the logo to be more consistent.

Paisano was previewed a while back, but I haven’t really shown much more than that. So I’m going to be adding pages for the fonts on here soon including the new one, Super Nintendoized ODN, which was recently improved thanks to a kick in the pants by Badger for his new project.

Paisano! ODN Preview 10-09-09

I’ve done a lot more work on Paisano! ODN and the results are quite pleasing. I do admin that the OpenType PS (shown) version is looking a hell of a lot better than the basic TrueType version. It still has a long way to go though, as you can see there are NO numbers yet, very little punctuation, and not all of the basic letters are done.

I’m hoping this time with the power of TypeTool & Font-Creator I will actually get a result I feel is ready for primetime.

No Paisano ODN is not available for download at this time as it is very unfinished and still need polish after that.  This is just a quick not saying I haven’t completely lost it, yet.