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October 11[edit]

Tintin font[edit]

As most Tintin fans have noted that the new Tintin (English) books are coming without the good old typical "Tintin Font" now. I want to know that what companys that publsih English Tintin i.e. Little, Brown & Co, Egmont, Mammoth, Magnet, Eurokids still stick to good old Tintin font, or editions prior to what date are still good ? Jon Ascton (talk) 01:05, 11 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I found this thread [1] on Tintinologist.org, which gives the following information:

The English font (actually hand-lettering) is the work of one Neil Hyslop.
It was changed recently, under Egmont, the current publisher of the English edition. So you should be alright with Magnet and Mammoth and others.
2002 may be the crucial date of the change - somebody right at the end of the thread clearly thinks so, and is looking for pre-2002 editions, although I can't tell where he got that particular date from.

The main publisher Casterman seems to be responsible for this desecration. Card Zero (talk) 08:02, 11 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]