News New Park Entrance coming to Epcot

Goofyernmost

Goofyernmost

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HauntedPirate said:
Changing the font seems like change for the sake of change, to allow someone to say, “we’ve updated Epcot!”.
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It is a very nice font, and fits into everyone's opinion of how EPCOT should present itself. If along with that, it also updated, it becomes a win - win! I'm really happy with it. I always have liked that font, but could never find the exact spot that it fit in. If fits in EPCOT.
 
Goofywilliam

Goofywilliam

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Goofyernmost said:
I wish I could remember the name of that font, but I can tell you that it existed in the 1980's. I was in publishing during that time and I remember using it back then. Futuristic I guess, but it was a clean, easy to read typeface that made great headline's especially in bold. I'm not sure how something that existed 40 years ago can still be futuristic though. Must be the person that designed it was way, way ahead of his/her time. It's design is very easy to read, sharp, straight edges that almost give it a 3D look.
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I believe (and feel free to correct me if I’m wrong) it’s Handel Gothic, or at least a modified form of it. Here’s a little history about the typeface: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handel_Gothic

Also (for anyone interested) if you have an Adobe Creative Cloud account, it’s free for you to use: https://fonts.adobe.com/fonts/handel-gothic
 
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ImperfectPixie

ImperfectPixie

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Goofyernmost said:
It is a very nice font, and fits into everyone's opinion of how EPCOT should present itself. If along with that, it also updated, it becomes a win - win! I'm really happy with it. I always have liked that font, but could never find the exact spot that it fit in. If fits in EPCOT.
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Goofywilliams said:
I believe (and feel free to correct me if I’m wrong) it’s Handel Gothic, or at least a modified form of it. Here’s a little history about the typeface: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handel_Gothic

Also (for anyone interested) if you have an Adobe Creative Cloud account, it’s free for you to use: https://fonts.adobe.com/fonts/handel-gothic
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I have to admit, while I enjoy quite a large selection of downloaded fonts, I miss the days of hand-drawn, intricate lettering...like the OG Imagineers used to do.
 
MisterPenguin

MisterPenguin

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Goofywilliams said:
I believe (and feel free to correct me if I’m wrong) it’s Handel Gothic, or at least a modified form of it. Here’s a little history about the typeface: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handel_Gothic

Also (for anyone interested) if you have an Adobe Creative Cloud account, it’s free for you to use: https://fonts.adobe.com/fonts/handel-gothic
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It's in the family of Handel Gothic, but it's not. The E's are the same, but not the A's, N's, or several other letters. I've tried to identify a currently available font, and found some that are close, but always a few differences.
 
ImperfectPixie

ImperfectPixie

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MisterPenguin said:
It's in the family of Handel Gothic, but it's not. The E's are the same, but not the A's, N's, or several other letters. I've tried to identify a currently available font, and found some that are close, but always a few differences.
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They may have used Handel Gothic (or something else) as a starting point and developed their own typeface.
 
Soluna16

Soluna16

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FigmentForver96 said:
Me and a friend were discussing this the other day walking to our car from the EPCOT entrance. I personally would rather them keep the current names but my guess of new names will be

Nemo
Sven (Olaf is at Hollywood Studios)
Groot
Joy
Remy
And maybe Figment cause what the heck why not
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It should just be the festival mascots + stuff important to EPCOT if they do this.

Remy
Figment
Spike or Orange Bird

You could add others as they show up to World Showcase (Mary Poppins, etc)

Nemo seems fine for the Seas.
 
marni1971

marni1971

Park History nut
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Rich Brownn said:
I don't think they were LED. When the changed it seemed more like the old airport-styled signed that clicked as it rotated into position... except instead of vertical it went horizontal
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This one doesn’t look LED admittedly. October 1982

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marni1971

marni1971

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realBobChapek said:
@marni1971 Why was the original dedication plaque removed? I believe every park except for Epcot and California Adventure still have their original plaques. Even Hollywood Studios still has the MGM one.

I'm guessing the current one will be replaced as well once this project is complete.
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Late 93/ early 94 when the central plaza was Innoventioned.
 
marni1971

marni1971

Park History nut
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Rich Brownn said:
I don't think they were LED. When the changed it seemed more like the old airport-styled signed that clicked as it rotated into position... except instead of vertical it went horizontal
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Bingo. Some kind of early electronic display (aside from the self illumination why else would they have used a god awful font?!)

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