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Matrix Tall & Matrix II Tall Caslon 540 Std Swash Alternative Italic (d) University Roman Shardee Wish MF Hardly Worthit Oh You Klid NF Notes & Sources

Note: This page currently only references the fonts used in the English adaptations of the Sailor Moon franchise. Research on the Japanese fonts in ongoing.

Matrix Tall & Matrix II Tall

Probably the most well-known font on this page, Matrix Tall was the font used for the logo of the DiC English dub of Sailor Moon and the first English release of the manga by Mixx, later renamed Tokyopop. The font isn't a 100% one-to-one match, as some letters were modified to be more stylized.

The original Matrix Tall font was developed and published by Zuzana Licko as part of the Matrix font family published by Zuzana's graphics design and type foundry company Emigre Graphics starting in 19861. This font family were Type 1 fonts written in PostScript2, with Tall being the final of 13 variants released in 19923.

When the OpenType font format was relased in 2002, Zuzana took the opportunity to rework and improve Matrix into the new format, which began in Spring 2007 and completed over a four month period. This new font family was renamed Matrix II to avoid conflicts with previous versions4.

Matrix II Tall is available to purchase from the Emigre Graphics website for US$39.00.

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Caslon 540 Std Swash Alternative Italic (d)

Caslon 540 Std Swash Alternative Italic (d) is the font used for "Sailor Moon" portion of the logo for the English release of the Reneweal Edition of Sailor Moon by Kondansha USA Publishing, LLC, the US subsidiary of Japanese publisher Kodansha Ltd. The font is an exact one-to-one match with some additional flourishes to make it more stylized.

The font is one of three fonts comprising the Caslon 540 font family, developed by URW Type Foundry GmbH, based on the typfaces by renouned English printer and typefounder, William Caslon (1692-1766). The family comprises on three fonts, which have been sold on MyFonts.com since March 17, 20005.

Caslon 540 Std Swash Alternative Italic (d) is available to purchase from MyFonts.com for US$35.99.

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University Roman Std Regular

University Roman Std Regular is the font used for the "Pretty Guardian" portion on the logo of the English release of the Renewal Edition of Sailor Moon by Kodansha USA Publishing, LLC, the US subsidiary of Japanese publisher Kodansha Ltd. The font is an exact one-to-one match with additional italics and/or boldness to make it more stylized.

University Roman is a type family created by Mike Daines and Essette Letraset of Letraset Type Studio in 1983, and published by International Typeface Corporation (ITC). It has been sold on MyFonts.com since January 1, 20006.

University Roman Std Regular is availble to purchase from MyFonts.com for US$40.99.

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Shardee

Shardee is the font used for the English logo for the 1992 Sailor Moon anime by VIZ Media, LLC once they acquired the rights from Toei Animation in 2014. The font is an exact one-to-one match, with some additional flourishes to make it more stylized.

Shardee first appeared on DaFont on July 3, 2006 from Bright Ideas7.

Shardee is available for free from DaFont.com.

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Wish MF

Wish MF is the font used for the "Sailor Moon" portion of the logo for the English release of both the Eternal and Naoko Takeuchi editions of the manga by Kodansha USA Publishing, LLC, as well as Sailor Moon Crystal and its sequels, Sailor Moon Eternal and Sailor Moon Cosmos by VIZ Media, LLC. The font is not 100% one-to-one, as several letters have been modified to be more stylized.

Wish MF first appeared on DaFont on July 28, 2009 from Richard William Mueller8

Wish MF is available for free from DaFont.com.

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Hardly Worthit

Hardly Worthit is the font used for the "Pretty Guardian" portion of the logo for the Eternal and Naoko Takeuchi editions of the manga, and the "Eternal Edition" text on the cover of the Eternal Edition manga by Kodansha USA Publishing, LLC, the US subsidiary of Japanese publisher Kodansha Ltd. The font is an exact one-to-one match, used as is with no extra styling or flourishes.

Hardly Worthit first appeared on DaFont on October 17, 2005 by Nick's Fonts9.

Hardly Worthit is available for free from DaFont.com.

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Oh You Klid NF

Oh You Klid NF is the font used for the "Crystal" and "Eternal" portions of the logos for Sailor Moon Crystal and Sailor Moon Eternal in both the English release by VIZ Media, LLC and the Japanese release by Toei Animation. The font is not 100% one-to-one, as several letters have been heavily modified or completely replaced with different letters to make it more stylized.

Oh You Klid NF was created by Nick Curtis and published by Nick's Fonts, based on the Euclid typeface from 1880s released by St. Louis' Central Type Foundry. It has been sold on MyFonts.com since August 12, 200910.

Oh You Klid NF is available to purchase from MyFonts.com for US$10.00.

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Notes & References

1. Matrix II at Emigre Fonts.

2. https://www.emigre.com/PDF/MatrixII.pdf, page 5.

3. https://www.emigre.com/PDF/MatrixII.pdf, page 9.

4. https://www.emigre.com/PDF/MatrixII.pdf, page 11.

5. Caslon 540 at MyFonts.com, "About the family" section.

6. University Roman at MyFonts.com, "About the family" section.

7. Shardee at DaFont.com.

8. Wish MF at DaFont.com.

9. Hardly Worthit at DaFont.com.

10. Oh You Klid NF at MyFonts.com, "About the family" section.

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