What is Viz's Text Font in the Manga?

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What is Viz's Text Font in the Manga?

Post by Selsiuss » Sun Jul 08, 2012 1:10 pm

I've been looking around for a font that looks like the font used in the English Dragon Ball manga, but so far to no avail. Some come close, but not quite. I know it is not Comic Sans or anything else found in Microsoft Word by default, so if anyone could provide a way to get the Viz DB font or one that comes dang close, it would be greatly appreciated.

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Re: What is Viz's Text Font in the Manga?

Post by Pokewhiz7 » Sun Jul 08, 2012 1:11 pm

I believe it's called "Wild Words."
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Re: What is Viz's Text Font in the Manga?

Post by Selsiuss » Sun Jul 08, 2012 3:38 pm

That's pretty close, but not exactly the same font. The Viz font doesn't "lean" to one direction as much, and the "G" in Viz looks more like it's drawn in one smooth stroke instead of two separate lines. Thanks for finding one pretty close, though.

EDIT: I believe that I have found the font that Viz uses. It's called "WhizBang."
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Re: What is Viz's Text Font in the Manga?

Post by desirecampbell » Mon Jul 09, 2012 8:36 am

Can someone scan a page with a lot of text?

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Re: What is Viz's Text Font in the Manga?

Post by SHINOBI-03 » Mon Jul 09, 2012 2:29 pm

Selsiuss wrote:That's pretty close, but not exactly the same font. The Viz font doesn't "lean" to one direction as much, and the "G" in Viz looks more like it's drawn in one smooth stroke instead of two separate lines. Thanks for finding one pretty close, though.

EDIT: I believe that I have found the font that Viz uses. It's called "WhizBang."
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I guess that's the one.

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