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The distinctive fonts in the BioShock series are used both in and out of the game to promote the Art Deco aesthetic prevalent in Rapture.
In Columbia, they are used to identify the Beaux Arts and Art Nouveau style.
BioShock, BioShock 2, and Burial at Sea[]
Century Gothic / Futura[]
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ITC Anna / Anastasia[]
Font Name | Image | Description |
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ITC Anna / Anastasia | A bold, upper case font with lowered crossbars. Available for purchase though designer Daniel Pelavin's website. Download |
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Plaza[]
Font Name | Image | Description |
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Plaza | A font similar to ITC Anna, but thinner, with round O's, and raised crossbars. Available to purchase on MyFonts. Buy ($29) |
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Andes[]
Font Name | Image | Description |
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Andes | A font with stylized and flourished capitals. Available for free on DaFont. Download |
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Broadway[]
Font Name | Image | Description |
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Broadway | A upper-and-lower-case font with alternating thin and broad strokes. Font is packaged with Microsoft Windows and Apple Mac OS X. |
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Brush Script MT[]
Font Name | Image | Description |
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Brush Script MT | A heavy upper-and-lower-case font resembling script. Font is packaged with Microsoft Windows and Apple Mac OS X. |
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SF Americana Dreams[]
Font Name | Image | Description |
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SF Americana Dreams | A skinny connected font used in several Plasmid advertisements. Available to purchase and download on Shy Foundry |
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Artdeco MN[]
Font Name | Image | Description |
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Artdeco MN | An all upper-case font featuring split letters. Available to purchase on MyFonts Buy ($45) |
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Atlas Solid[]
Font Name | Image | Description |
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Atlas Solid | A heavy all upper-case font featuring split letters. Available to purchase on Font Bros. Buy ($19.95) |
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LHF Bell Boy[]
Font Name | Image | Description |
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LHF Bell Boy | An upper and lower case font with thick and thin letters used throughout the BioShock UI and on tooltips. Similar to Broadway. Available to purchase on MyFonts. Buy ($33) |
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Betty Noir[]
Font Name | Image | Description |
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Betty Noir | A upper-and-lower-case font with alternating thin and broad strokes. Available from author Nate Piekos' website. Download |
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Eccentric[]
Font Name | Image | Description |
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Eccentric | Font used in the Journey to the Surface Sign. Available to purchase on MyFonts. Buy ($29) |
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Triforce[]
Font Name | Image | Description |
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Triforce | Font used exclusively in the navigation signs for Dionysus Park. Designed after the logo for The Legend of Zelda franchise. Available from author Jackster Productions' website. Download |
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Chelsea Studio/Glasgow[]
Font Name | Image | Description |
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Chelsea Studio/Glasgow | An upper and lower case font based on lettering created by Charles Rennie Mackintosh. Available to purchase on MyFonts. Buy ($18) |
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Arial[]
Font Name | Image | Description |
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Arial | An upper and lower case font. Font is packaged with Microsoft Windows and Apple Mac OS X. |
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Drumag Studio NF[]
Font Name | Image | Description |
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Drumag Studio | A very heavy font with broad strokes. Font originally created by Nick Curtis.'Info |
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English Script[]
Font Name | Image | Description |
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English Script | A spindly cursive upper and lower case cursive font by Linotype Fonts. Similar to Embassy BT packaged with Microsoft Windows and Apple Mac OS X. Available to purchase on fonts.com. Buy ($35) |
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Mathilde[]
Font Name | Image | Description |
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Mathilde | A skinny upper and lower case cursive font in a "handwritten" style. Available to download or purchase from author's site Leeviathan. Download |
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Cast Iron[]
Font Name | Image | Description |
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Cast Iron | An ornate all upper case font. Available from author's site West Wind Fonts. Download |
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Cooper Black EF Bold[]
Font Name | Image | Description |
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Cooper Black EF Bold | A thick upper and lower case font. Available to purchase on MyFonts. Buy |
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BioShock Infinite[]
Acknowledgement[]
Font Name | Image | Description |
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Acknowledgement | An all upper-case slab serif font. Known as "aknow" in the game files. Available through designer Ben Weiner's website. Info Download Github |
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Bicycle[]
Font Name | Image | Description |
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Bicycle | Font used for the large lightbulb marquee signage denoting major areas in the game. It is also used in the opening splash screen "1912: Coast of Maine". Available through designer Daniel Gauthier's website. Download |
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Trade Gothic[]
Font Name | Image | Description |
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Trade Gothic | Font used for the BioShock Infinite logo and signage throughout the game. Available to purchase on MyFonts. Buy ($29) |
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Campanile[]
Font Name | Image | Description |
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Campanile | A skinny upper and lower case art nouveau font. Available through designer Dieter Steffman's website. Download |
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Steelfish[]
Font Name | Image | Description |
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Steelfish | Heavy, narrow-spaced font used throughout the UI of BioShock Infinite including menu options and subtitles. Available through designer Ray Larabie's website. Download |
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Peake[]
Font Name | Image | Description |
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Peake | Font used in the subtitle of the BioShock Infinite logo. Available through designer Peter Lloyd's website. Download |
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United States[]
Font Name | Image | Description |
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United States | A thick all upper-case font similar to that used in the dollar bill of US currency. Available for free on DaFont. Download |
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Algerian D[]
Font Name | Image | Description |
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Algerian D | A shadowed/inlined upper-case only font. Available to purchase on MyFonts. Buy |
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Shangri La NF[]
Font Name | Image | Description |
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Shangri La NF | A thin stylized upper and lower case font. Available to purchase on MyFonts. Buy |
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Bickham Script Pro Bold[]
Font Name | Image | Description |
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Bickham Script Pro Bold | A thin bold cursive upper and lower case font. Available to purchase on MyFonts. Buy |
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Mathilde[]
Font Name | Image | Description |
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Mathilde | A skinny upper and lower case cursive font in a "handwritten" style. Available to download or purchase from author's site Leeviathan. Download |
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Behind the Scenes[]
- While debating whether the concept of a farmers' market had existed during Rapture's time period (which was inconclusive), developer Jean-Paul LeBreton bemoaned the anachronistic use of the Arial font with text effects on the sign. He further elaborated on an earlier version of the Farmer's Market sign which looked "beautiful", but unfortunately had to be redone in a hurry. His co-presenters subsequently joked that he and Jake Etgeton as "armchair type nerds" should install a mod which replaces the text font with Comic Sans, Curlz MT, or Papyrus.[1]
- The Bicycle font used throughout Columbia was adapted from a vintage and aptly named advertisement for Columbia Bicycles.