A Japanese typeface of wide proportions with horizontal
contrast. Designer and original name are unclear. Used by Nintendo
in 1983 for the Famicom (precursor to the NES)
and related products, like the
Famicom Disk System in 1986 and the Super Famicon
(Super
NES) in the early 1990s.
In 1998, a matching font named System-N (システムエヌ)
was included on a CD-ROM titled Fontrom#2
distributed by Shift where it is credited to Nendo
(a.k.a. Nendo
Graphixxx, Nendo Graphic Squad) [Shift,
1998 archive]. The meta data of
a copy located by @hazyfieldpeople
and @MaxiGamerALT and publicized by Fontendo (used for sample)
states it was generated More…
A Japanese typeface of wide proportions with horizontal contrast. Designer and original name are unclear. Used by Nintendo in 1983 for the Famicom (precursor to the NES) and related products, like the Famicom Disk System in 1986 and the Super Famicon (Super NES) in the early 1990s.
In 1998, a matching font named System-N (システムエヌ) was included on a CD-ROM titled Fontrom#2 distributed by Shift where it is credited to Nendo (a.k.a. Nendo Graphixxx, Nendo Graphic Squad) [Shift, 1998 archive]. The meta data of a copy located by @hazyfieldpeople and @MaxiGamerALT and publicized by Fontendo (used for sample) states it was generated by Fontographer 4.1J on June 17, 1998, suggesting that this is not the (custom?) original used by Nintendo, but a later recreation.
This entry is used for both the original (name unknown) and the 1998 recreation named System-N.