Wishbringer by Infocom
Contributed by Nick Saglimbeni on Jul 24th, 2015. Artwork published in
March 1985
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8 Comments on “Wishbringer by Infocom”
Thanks, Nick! I removed the Zorque tag since it is a font created after the logo, so definitely not used by Infocom. Thanks for adding it your description, though — we’ll keep the link in there for those interested in similar typeface.
Hi Stephen,
No problem, happy to post my first submission. Question: is there a reason the Wishbringer cover image doesn’t show as the profile pic? (Is it a rights thing?) Because I could take a picture of the cover on my end, I think it would be more recognizeable to someone searching 1980s, similar to your AD&D post which instantly made me a fan of Fonts In Use. What a great resource this site is!
Hi Nick, no, that was an arbitrary choice I made when moderating your submission. You are right, it makes more sense to use the cover — I’ve changed it. For the future: You can choose the thumbnail yourself. In Edit mode, click on the image in question and select “Edit Thumbnail”.
There are some subtle (and not-so-subtle!) differences between the Zorque font, and Infocom’s logo.
As well as the shorter arms on the 'F’, there are various curve radius differences:
I made my own Infocom font based on a high resolution scan of their printed material.
khaibitgfx@gmail.com
The Infocom logos currently available in vector format on the internet seem to be based on the Zorque font (i.e. they are not accurate to the original Infocom logo). I recreated a faithful version of the logo in SVG/vector format based on a high resolution scan of a 1988 copy of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (I actually have the original physical package). It’s posted at Wikimedia Commons. [Top new rendering, Bottom logo on diskette sleeve]
I was also looking for a quality version of the Wishbringer logo – which is clearly based on Weiss Bold. However there are enough differences to suggest that the logo as it appears on the original box art is redrawn or optically altered. Posted below is a sample of the original Wishbringer packaging with original logo at top, below is the redrawn logo. Below that is a sample of the original Wishbringer “W” compared to stock Weiss Bold.
Possible. But keep in mind that it could also be a different version of Weiss Bold than the one you compared against. This was made in 1985 and might use a predigital version. Also in terms of digital fonts, there’s more than one Weiss Bold. As of today, there are five different versions available on MyFonts, not all of which are derived from the same basic digitization. For example, here’s Linotype’s (green) compared to Bitstream’s (red):