Post #224788 by Tangaroa on Mon, Apr 3, 2006 8:39 PM

Uhhhhhh.... the font used in the Haunted Mansion - "Bookman Italic Swashes" - was used by Disney back in the 60s.

Am I reading that correctly - that "Mista Gargoyle" is claiming that Disney uses his fonts (as opposed to him creating fonts based on signage that has been around for 20 to 50 years at least)?????

This page:
http://flickr.com/photos/mrg/sets/72057594089878910/
has Polynesian Resort Signage that makes the claim that the signs use "his" fonts, but as some of you know Bob & Leroy at Oceanic Arts created that signage back in the early 70s, which was no doubt art directed by W.E.D. at the time. They used the font "Blippo", yet this guy claims it as his!

You can get "Blippo" here:
http://www.myfonts.com/search?params[boolean]=and&params[searchtype]=fonts&search[text]=blippo

Check out this page:
http://flickr.com/photos/mrg/sets/49427/comments/
for some interesting comments about "his" fonts....