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Nintendo Super System flyer

Contributed by fangly on Dec 21st, 2024. Artwork published in .
The 1932 “System” shows a gumball machine with  (top) and  (bottom)
Source: www.flyerfever.com Flyer Fever. License: All Rights Reserved.

The 1932 “System” shows a gumball machine with Goudy Cursive (top) and Viant (bottom)

A four-page flyer advertising the Nintendo Super System arcade machine. Modula Sans is used to suggest that the system is modern and cutting-edge, contrasting with the more old-fashioned fonts associated with earlier “systems”.

Futura Extra Bold is used alongside Modula Sans for headings. Smaller text uses Matrix. Both Matrix and Modula Sans had been recently designed by Zuzana Licko.

The Nintendo Super System logo itself uses Aurora Condensed.

The “Better System” from 1957 shows a jukebox. The bold informal sans is unidentified. The word swell in the background appears to be in .
Source: www.flyerfever.com Flyer Fever. License: All Rights Reserved.

The “Better System” from 1957 shows a jukebox. The bold informal sans is unidentified. The word swell in the background appears to be in Futura licht.

 is used for the Super System from 1992.
Source: www.flyerfever.com Flyer Fever. License: All Rights Reserved.

Modula Sans is used for the Super System from 1992.

The last page combines  with  and . The small print is in regular .
Source: www.flyerfever.com Flyer Fever. License: All Rights Reserved.

The last page combines Modula Sans with Matrix and Futura Extra Bold. The small print is in regular Futura.

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  • Goudy Cursive
  • Viant
  • unidentified typeface
  • Futura licht
  • Modula Sans
  • Matrix
  • Futura Extra Bold
  • Inserat-Grotesk schmal / Aurora-Grotesk VIII
  • Futura

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