# 8-bit Theater Font **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [March 28, 2003, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/8-bit-theater-font/164870 "2003-03-28T20:00:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![skaterboarder87](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@skaterboarder87](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/skaterboarder87)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2003, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/8-bit-theater-font/164870/1 "2003-03-28T20:00:25Z")
I’m not sure if this is an IMHO topic, as the answer is open to interpretation, but (theoretically) there should be a factual answer, anyways… What font is 8-bit theater using for their comics? And where might I be able to attain it? Here’s a link illustrating my question: [http://www.nuklearpower.com/latest.php](http://www.nuklearpower.com/latest.php) Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![skaterboarder87](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@skaterboarder87](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/skaterboarder87)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2003, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/8-bit-theater-font/164870/2 "2003-03-28T22:39:40Z")
Anyone? ---
**Author:** ![Earthling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/90db22/32.png) [@Earthling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earthling)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2003, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/8-bit-theater-font/164870/3 "2003-03-28T23:11:41Z")
I don’t know off hand, but here’s something to try: Find a page with larger text, get a screen-capture of it, separate out the text, and feed it through [http://www.whatthefont.com](http://www.whatthefont.com) to see if anything comes up. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2003, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/8-bit-theater-font/164870/4 "2003-03-29T00:19:22Z")
Mightn’t it just be easier to e-mail Brian Clevinger and ask him? I’ve never written to him myself, but judging from his intro page, he seems to be pretty receptive to fan mail. ---
**Author:** ![Purd\_Werfect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e47c2d/32.png) [@Purd\_Werfect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Purd_Werfect)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2003, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/8-bit-theater-font/164870/5 "2003-03-29T01:35:07Z")
You may be able to find it [here](http://www.blambot.com/menu.html). All sorts of comic fonts. ---
**Author:** ![Geek\_Mecha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecae2f/32.png) [@Geek\_Mecha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geek_Mecha)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2003, 8:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/8-bit-theater-font/164870/6 "2003-03-29T08:53:28Z")
Great site. But I’m 99% sure the font isn’t there. The capital Is in that typeface have serifs, whereas most of the typefaces on that site have sans serif capital Is. The ones that do have serifs do not match along the rest of the typeface. I agree with **Chronos** that you’d be best off just asking the guy about the font. There’s no guarantee that anyone here or elsewhere will be able to ID the font, and searching manually through free online archives will take you about 15 minutes short of forever. There’s not even a guarantee that it’s available commercially; the font might be a custom, unlicensed creation. E-mail him, and know with absolute certainty.