Fonts: Astro

New Fonts
- Astro SE 6/08
- Kingdom 2.0 5/08

- World 2.0 5/08

- Iron Hero 5/08

- Time Travel 4/08
- Galax-E  3/08

Movie Fonts
- Safari
- Venture
- Galax-E
- Time Travel
- Astro SE
- Knight
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Iron Hero
- Blade
- Aeronaut


Art Deco Fonts
- Aeronaut
- Cinema

Theme Park Fonts
- Kingdom
- Mansion
- Encounter
- World

Sci-Fi Font
- Galax-E
- Encounter
- Time Travel
- Blade
- Voyager
- Astro

Education Fonts
- School

Free Fonts
- Forbidden Eye
- Aurebesh
- World Symbols

Licensing
- Font licenses



Star Wars font - Clone Wars font - Astro font

Star Wars font - Astro font - Clone Wars font

PURCHASE| FEATURES | COMPARE 
Star Wars font - Clone Wars font - Astro fontASTRO gets its inspiration from one of the most popular space movies of all time. Astro is a Star Wars font based on the Helvetica typeface. Some letter combinations such as ST, LS, and ET result in connecting lines. The Special Edition of Astro (version 5.0) takes into account the evolution of this lettering style: capital letters feature the classic lettering of the 1977, 1980 and 1983 films, and lowercase letters feature the updated letterforms from the Star Wars Special Edition films in 1997/98. The font also appears in the titles for the Clone Wars animated film. This typeface is inspired by existing designs with additional characters designed and digitized by David Occhino.

Star Wars font - Clone Wars font - Astro fontFEATURES

  • A complete character set
  • letters A-Z: Classic uppercase letters
  • letters a-z: Special Edition uppercase (variations in B C E J N P R S W)
  • numerals 0-9
  • punctuation (full set)
  • international characters
  • mathematical symbols
  • careful spacing and kerning
  • Old Republic symbol, Galactic Empire symbol (Mac only: sh-op-5 and 6)
  • alternate letters (in Astro Alternate versions only): letters A-Z have Classic uppercase letters with variations on the LEFT side of some characters; letters a-z have Classic uppercase letters with variations on the RIGHT side of some characters.

 

The ASTRO font has been featured in many professional publications, signs, posters and websites, including:

The Star Wars Insider Magazine, Issue #37
The Force.net website (Star Wars Fan Website)

ASTRO is very different than the font known as "Star Vader. Click here to compare.

Members of the Star Wars cast have purchased Astro font for their own use.

 

PURCHASE

ASTRO SE (Windows/TrueType) - $20 (US)

ASTRO SE (Windows/Type 1) - $20 (US)

ASTRO SE (Macintosh/TrueType) - $20 (US)

ASTRO SE (Macintosh/Type 1) - $20 (US)

ASTRO SE (OpenType Mac/Windows) - $20 (US)

* Please provide PayPal with a correct email address, as your font will be sent to this address within 12 hours.
The message will be sent from “davidocchinodesign@mac.com;” be sure that this address is not blocked and that you can receive file attachments (zip files) with no issue. If you have any questions, please send an email.

If you would like additional information, please e-mail me at davidocchinodesign@mac.com.




COMPARE

Designers of varying ability have created Star Wars style fonts, with different degrees of success. With so many to choose from, it can be difficult to decide which to use. I've created the following chart so that you can learn why ASTRO SE is a better looking, professional-grade, accurate representation of the Star Wars lettering that you need for your font collection.

  

Overall Comparison with Astro SE

Character Set*

Last Update

ASTRO SE
by David Occhino

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Astro is a font for professional designers and enthusiasts and those who want a high-quality font. All glyphs are carefully formed. Letter curves are optically perfect so that they can be used even at large sizes. The font is based on both "classic" and "special edition" styles. Many alternate glyph styles are available in "Astro Alternate." A contour style is included. Spacing and kerning is precise. Kerning allows for proper connection of C, E, F, L, R, S, T and Z. An OpenType format is available.

238
Stars Wars font - Clone Wars font - Astro font sample

Astro has the largest set of characters.

2008

Astro was the first Star Wars style font on the web, first appearing in 1996.

STAR VADER
by Anonymous

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A large percentage of glyphs are poorly formed or are not in the intended style. The font files have errors that cause font loading problems and/or error messages. The font fails to install on many computer systems. "Special edition" letter styles are not included.
208
Star Vader font
 1997

JEDI SOLID
by Neale Davidson

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Most of the glyphs are too thin, resulting in a font that doesn't feature the intended style. Some letters are not formed correctly. The character set is basic. Special edition characters are not included.

92
Jedi Solid font
2000
SF DISTANT
GALAXY

by ShyFonts

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When used at large point sizes (for posters, signs, large graphics) flaws in the letter contours can be easily seen. Some punctuation, symbols and accent marks are not drawn in the correct style. The character set is not complete.
183
SF Distant Galaxy font

1999

 

STAR JEDI
by Boba Fonts

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Some important glyphs (R, K, Q) are not properly formed, resulting in the wrong look. Numerals 0-9 are in a completely different font style. Important punctuation and symbols are missing. Accent marks do not match the letters. Special edition characters are not included.

159
Star Jedi font
1998
RED FIVE
by Fonthead Design

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Because this font is based on the "special edition" style, many "classic" letters are not included. Several glyphs are not formed correctly. Some punctuation and symbols are formed incorrectly, or are missing from the character set.

163
Red Five font
2008
A NEW HOPE
by Greg Kegel

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Some punctuation and symbols are formed incorrectly, or are missing from the character set. Some important glyphs (R, K) are not properly formed, resulting in the wrong look. The character set is missing many key glyphs.

125
A New Hope font
1998
 

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