MICROGRAMMA or EUROSTILE? A handy guide for you to print out and keep in your wallet.
October 15, 2024 at 10:31 AM
MICROGRAMMA or EUROSTILE? A handy guide for you to print out and keep in your wallet.
May 16, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Real ones use Microgramma, not Eurostile for their retrofuturistic sci-fi projects.
February 6, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Real ones use Microgramma, not Eurostile for their retrofuturistic sci-fi projects.
Marten Supreme
July 14, 2026 at 12:21 AM
Marten Supreme
Oh, I also neglected to mention that most important reason for modifying the Microgramma/Eurostile numeral '1' is to avoid potential confusion with the '7'. An important legibility consideration!
December 2, 2024 at 1:30 PM
Oh, I also neglected to mention that most important reason for modifying the Microgramma/Eurostile numeral '1' is to avoid potential confusion with the '7'. An important legibility consideration!
ASIDE: MICROGRAMMA was designed by Aldo Novarese & Alessandro Butti in 1952. In 1962 Novarese developed EUROSTILE, adding lower-case letters and more styles.
A good way to tell them apart is that Microgramma interior corners are usually flattened whereas Eurostile interior corners come to a point.
A good way to tell them apart is that Microgramma interior corners are usually flattened whereas Eurostile interior corners come to a point.
October 7, 2024 at 5:23 PM
ASIDE: MICROGRAMMA was designed by Aldo Novarese & Alessandro Butti in 1952. In 1962 Novarese developed EUROSTILE, adding lower-case letters and more styles.
A good way to tell them apart is that Microgramma interior corners are usually flattened whereas Eurostile interior corners come to a point.
A good way to tell them apart is that Microgramma interior corners are usually flattened whereas Eurostile interior corners come to a point.
MMMMMMMMMMMM… Microgramma is a squarish sans conceived to remain legible at very small sizes – hence the name. It was drawn by Alessandro Butti (1893–1959), director of Nebiolo’s Studio Artistico, and first cast in 1952, in five all-caps styles.
May 4, 2026 at 5:28 PM
MMMMMMMMMMMM… Microgramma is a squarish sans conceived to remain legible at very small sizes – hence the name. It was drawn by Alessandro Butti (1893–1959), director of Nebiolo’s Studio Artistico, and first cast in 1952, in five all-caps styles.
Eurostile aka Microgramma aka...
October 1, 2026 at 3:42 PM
Eurostile aka Microgramma aka...
Sort of. It's actually Microgramma Bold Extended.
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October 1, 2026 at 8:09 AM
Sort of. It's actually Microgramma Bold Extended.
Aldo Novarese – first Butti’s assistant and then his successor – subsequently reworked the design into Eurostile (1962), adding lowercase characters.
Over the weekend, we added three Uses of Microgramma. This classic is now a member of Club 💯!
fontsinuse.com/typefaces/18...
Over the weekend, we added three Uses of Microgramma. This classic is now a member of Club 💯!
fontsinuse.com/typefaces/18...
Microgramma in use
Predecessor of Eurostile. The metal original was released without a lowercase, in five (upright) styles: Microgramma, nera (bold), larga (extended), nera larga (bold extended, shown), stretta (condens...
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May 4, 2026 at 5:28 PM
Aldo Novarese – first Butti’s assistant and then his successor – subsequently reworked the design into Eurostile (1962), adding lowercase characters.
Over the weekend, we added three Uses of Microgramma. This classic is now a member of Club 💯!
fontsinuse.com/typefaces/18...
Over the weekend, we added three Uses of Microgramma. This classic is now a member of Club 💯!
fontsinuse.com/typefaces/18...
It *looks* like the Athena is using FF QType as the main registry font, but modified to look more like Microgramma/Eurostile. (Compare the 'N', '9' and '2' in particular.)
Or they could just be mixing both fonts together.
Or perhaps I have a new font to identify?
Or they could just be mixing both fonts together.
Or perhaps I have a new font to identify?
October 11, 2025 at 11:43 PM
It *looks* like the Athena is using FF QType as the main registry font, but modified to look more like Microgramma/Eurostile. (Compare the 'N', '9' and '2' in particular.)
Or they could just be mixing both fonts together.
Or perhaps I have a new font to identify?
Or they could just be mixing both fonts together.
Or perhaps I have a new font to identify?
Two quick versions of that Galileo emblem, one in a TOS style and one that's more SNW.
August 24, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Two quick versions of that Galileo emblem, one in a TOS style and one that's more SNW.
No, not Paratype. Para-tipe. One of the many Letraset competitors. This one new to me.
April 18, 2025 at 11:09 PM
No, not Paratype. Para-tipe. One of the many Letraset competitors. This one new to me.
if i know nobody got me i know microgramma got me
October 8, 2025 at 10:14 PM
if i know nobody got me i know microgramma got me
tired: the Look Of The Future is Microgramma
wired: the Look Of The Future is MultiCam
wired: the Look Of The Future is MultiCam
The biggest/weirdest step yet in the Global MultiCam Convergence I wrote about this spring. NATO armies, Ukrainians, Wagner, jihadis—now a knockoff to be official Russia’s military pattern. People at Crye must be losing their minds.
March 17, 2025 at 8:04 PM
tired: the Look Of The Future is Microgramma
wired: the Look Of The Future is MultiCam
wired: the Look Of The Future is MultiCam
Microgramma squamulosa
December 14, 2024 at 3:39 PM
Microgramma squamulosa
Microgramma dictyophylla
February 20, 2024 at 3:10 PM
Microgramma dictyophylla
I wasn't really planning to get into starship fonts too much here, but I think there are some misconceptions out there.
For one the main font - STARFLEET BOLD EXTENDED later renamed MILLENNIUM - isn't simply an outlined Microgramma.
(Also, Mr. Scott's identifies Microgramma but shows Eurostile!)
For one the main font - STARFLEET BOLD EXTENDED later renamed MILLENNIUM - isn't simply an outlined Microgramma.
(Also, Mr. Scott's identifies Microgramma but shows Eurostile!)
December 2, 2024 at 11:55 AM
I wasn't really planning to get into starship fonts too much here, but I think there are some misconceptions out there.
For one the main font - STARFLEET BOLD EXTENDED later renamed MILLENNIUM - isn't simply an outlined Microgramma.
(Also, Mr. Scott's identifies Microgramma but shows Eurostile!)
For one the main font - STARFLEET BOLD EXTENDED later renamed MILLENNIUM - isn't simply an outlined Microgramma.
(Also, Mr. Scott's identifies Microgramma but shows Eurostile!)
Finally, the two officially-released SECTION 31 logos. As new experts you will recognise the first uses MICROGRAMMA, instead of the more common Eurostile.
While the second uses ITC BOLT BOLD, last seen on The Undiscovered Country poster. Perhaps appropriate given S31's supposed Lost Era setting!
While the second uses ITC BOLT BOLD, last seen on The Undiscovered Country poster. Perhaps appropriate given S31's supposed Lost Era setting!
October 7, 2024 at 5:51 PM
Finally, the two officially-released SECTION 31 logos. As new experts you will recognise the first uses MICROGRAMMA, instead of the more common Eurostile.
While the second uses ITC BOLT BOLD, last seen on The Undiscovered Country poster. Perhaps appropriate given S31's supposed Lost Era setting!
While the second uses ITC BOLT BOLD, last seen on The Undiscovered Country poster. Perhaps appropriate given S31's supposed Lost Era setting!
this is Not the final color but i’ve been having fun in my light hair arc
July 26, 2025 at 4:52 PM
this is Not the final color but i’ve been having fun in my light hair arc
Last FUGITIVE post for now, targeted at the extremely narrow overlap of Trek and font fans. The bus has Handel Gothic lettering, which is what the episode titles on VOY and DS9 are. And the AND SANITATION sign Kimble speeds past during the staircase chase is Microgramma, the ship registry font.
April 18, 2026 at 5:05 PM
Last FUGITIVE post for now, targeted at the extremely narrow overlap of Trek and font fans. The bus has Handel Gothic lettering, which is what the episode titles on VOY and DS9 are. And the AND SANITATION sign Kimble speeds past during the staircase chase is Microgramma, the ship registry font.
as a kid i was obsessed with these fonts
Microgramma Bold - the NCC-1701-A Enterprise font of course
Pump
Watford-Regular - Battlestar Galactica's font
Stop
Data 70, Amelia - "Computer" fonts
Countdown: the jerseys in Rollerball
Microgramma Bold - the NCC-1701-A Enterprise font of course
Pump
Watford-Regular - Battlestar Galactica's font
Stop
Data 70, Amelia - "Computer" fonts
Countdown: the jerseys in Rollerball
May 28, 2026 at 3:27 PM
as a kid i was obsessed with these fonts
Microgramma Bold - the NCC-1701-A Enterprise font of course
Pump
Watford-Regular - Battlestar Galactica's font
Stop
Data 70, Amelia - "Computer" fonts
Countdown: the jerseys in Rollerball
Microgramma Bold - the NCC-1701-A Enterprise font of course
Pump
Watford-Regular - Battlestar Galactica's font
Stop
Data 70, Amelia - "Computer" fonts
Countdown: the jerseys in Rollerball