# What is this font called? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [March 22, 2006, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-font-called/349377 "2006-03-22T01:05:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DVsickgirlDV](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5e925/32.png) [@DVsickgirlDV](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DVsickgirlDV)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2006, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-font-called/349377/1 "2006-03-22T01:05:57Z")
What is the font called on the \title\ of The Great Gatsby DVD? ---
**Author:** ![DVsickgirlDV](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5e925/32.png) [@DVsickgirlDV](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DVsickgirlDV)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2006, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-font-called/349377/2 "2006-03-22T01:07:12Z")
Ok damnit, I need to work on using the “preview post” button. Sorry guys. ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2006, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-font-called/349377/3 "2006-03-22T01:25:06Z")
[Fixed link](http://www.screenselect.co.uk/images/products/6/17236-large.jpg) There are several fonts callled Gatsby. None I saw matched. ---
**Author:** ![Omphaloskeptic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bcef8e/32.png) [@Omphaloskeptic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omphaloskeptic)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2006, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-font-called/349377/4 "2006-03-22T01:27:14Z")
[Plaza](http://www.identifont.com/show?3GS). ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2006, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-font-called/349377/5 "2006-03-22T01:54:26Z")
Damn you, **Omphaloskeptic**! I spent 15 minutes looking for it, then the damn hamsters were slow and I couldn’t get into SDMB for a couple of minutes. [Here’s](http://www.fontpool.com/categories/decorative/page14.html) another place that has it. (All the way at the bottom.) ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2006, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-font-called/349377/6 "2006-03-22T02:06:13Z")
> [@Squink](#): > > There are several fonts callled Gatsby. None I saw matched. Yes… I think that the font used in movie titles is usually not connected to the content of the movie. :smack: 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Omphaloskeptic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bcef8e/32.png) [@Omphaloskeptic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omphaloskeptic)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2006, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-font-called/349377/7 "2006-03-22T02:49:51Z")
> [@commasense](#): > > Damn you, **Omphaloskeptic**! I spent 15 minutes looking for it, then the damn hamsters were slow and I couldn’t get into SDMB for a couple of minutes. Muahahaha! BTW, the site in my link above ([identifont.com](http://identifont.com)) lets you identify fonts by various features; you can often identify a font from a small sample like the one on the movie cover. > [@Sage Rat](#): > > I think that the font used in movie titles is usually not connected to the content of the movie. Well, there was that drama “Zapf Dingbats,” but I guess you’re right. ---
**Author:** ![hammos1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ba8739/32.png) [@hammos1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hammos1)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2006, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-font-called/349377/8 "2006-03-22T12:58:49Z")
You can also use the automatic font identifier at [WhatTheFont](http://www.myfonts.com/WhatTheFont/) - upload an image of your font (black on white seems to work best) and it takes it from there. ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2006, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-font-called/349377/9 "2006-03-22T13:43:15Z")
> [@Omphaloskeptic](#): > > Muahahaha! > Well, there was that drama “Zapf Dingbats,” but I guess you’re right. Yeah, but that was on cable - you couldn’t get it through a standard Arial.