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  • hard sell traditional TV commercial fonts

    Posted by David Mayer on June 3, 2010 at 11:55 pm

    I’m doing a fast-paced, traditional 30-sec. TV spot for a window repair company. Need a FCP font that fits the situation. Suggestions?

    iMac 2.8 GHz Intel Core i7, 8 GB
    OS 10.6.2
    Final Cut Pro 7.0

    David Mayer replied 15 years, 11 months ago 7 Members · 8 Replies
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  • Michael Gissing

    June 4, 2010 at 12:15 am

    Anything bold, animated, oversized, bright orange and flashing will do.

  • David Mayer

    June 4, 2010 at 1:42 am

    I was looking for a FCP font name.

    iMac 2.8 GHz Intel Core i7, 8 GB
    OS 10.6.2
    Final Cut Pro 7.0

  • Shane Ross

    June 4, 2010 at 4:38 am

    There is no such thing and an “FCP font.” FCP uses the fonts your system has.

    ARIAL BOLD is an option, as is IMPACT.

    Open up MS Word or Text Edit, type what you want, then change it to all the fonts you have. Look for yourself what they all look like. That’s what I do.

    Shane

    GETTING ORGANIZED WITH FINAL CUT PRO DVD…don’t miss it.
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  • Scott Sheriff

    June 4, 2010 at 4:51 am

    Helvetica
    A classic Chyron font from the 80’s that we used in a lot of cheap hard sell ads. Like car, furniture and lawyer spots.

    Scott Sheriff
    Director
    SST Digital Media
    https://www.sstdigitalmedia.com

  • Patrice Freymond

    June 4, 2010 at 6:18 am

    Helvetica was actually created in the late 50’s early 60’s in… Switzerland. Ubiquitous, but maybe not as much as Frutiger’s “Univers”.

    Patrice

  • Adam Taylor

    June 4, 2010 at 7:42 am

    I find the easiest way to sample fonts is to open Font Book – under preview, select sample…type the actually words you want to use the font for, and then scroll through all the fonts on your system to see which you like the look of.
    scrolling through is as simple as hitting the up/down arrows, so you can get through a lot pretty quickly.

    Adam Taylor
    Video Editor/Audio Mixer/ Compositor/Motion GFX/Barista
    Character Options Ltd
    Oldham, UK

    http://www.sculptedbliss.co.uk

  • Chris Tompkins

    June 4, 2010 at 3:11 pm

    IMPACT!

    Chris Tompkins
    Video Atlanta

  • David Mayer

    June 4, 2010 at 3:20 pm

    Thanks much to Adam and the other guys for ideas.
    Dave

    iMac 2.8 GHz Intel Core i7, 8 GB
    OS 10.6.2
    Final Cut Pro 7.0

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