# Hung Font

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hung-font/506748>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 17, 2009, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hung-font/506748 "2009-08-17T17:16:58Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Fiddle\_Peghead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddle_peghead/32/3506_2.png) [@Fiddle\_Peghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiddle_Peghead)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2009, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hung-font/506748/1 "2009-08-17T17:16:58Z")

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Anyone know the name of the mixed case font used in the credits of the HBO show “Hung?”

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**Author:** ![SanVito](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sanvito/32/2805_2.png) [@SanVito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanVito)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2009, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hung-font/506748/2 "2009-08-17T17:46:59Z")

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Do you have a visual?

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**Author:** ![Fiddle\_Peghead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddle_peghead/32/3506_2.png) [@Fiddle\_Peghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiddle_Peghead)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2009, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hung-font/506748/3 "2009-08-17T18:33:15Z")

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Couldn’t find one.

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**Author:** ![Gordon\_Urquhart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/db5fbb/32.png) [@Gordon\_Urquhart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gordon_Urquhart)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2009, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hung-font/506748/4 "2009-08-17T20:02:06Z")

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Here’s a NSFW [visual](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qujc3bRAhrQ) (YouTube link). I’m afraid I can’t help with the ID – my san serif font identification isn’t so hot.

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**Author:** ![Fiddle\_Peghead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddle_peghead/32/3506_2.png) [@Fiddle\_Peghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiddle_Peghead)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2009, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hung-font/506748/5 "2009-08-17T20:14:55Z")

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Thanks for the link, but those are the opening credits and are all-caps. I should have made it clear that I am interested in the closing credits, and as mentioned, the mixed case font.

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**Author:** ![Kimmy\_Gibbler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Kimmy\_Gibbler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimmy_Gibbler)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2009, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hung-font/506748/6 "2009-08-17T20:50:52Z")

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I _knew_ it looked familiar. It’s [Gill Sans](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gill_Sans).