Fonts

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A collection of typefaces used by TMBG, created specifically for the band or otherwise.

Fonts created for TMBG releases

Giant - Designed by Jonathan Hoefler, commissioned by Barbara Glauber, used on the cover and liner notes of Factory Showroom^[1]^[2]
Mink Car cover - Designed by John Flansburgh, and only contains the letters necessary to spell out "They Might Be Giants" and "Mink Car"^[3]
Miscellaneous T cover - Designed by John Flansburgh, using an "early Mac fontographic program"^[4]

Aeos System Slope - Used on the CD hype sticker of Mink Car
Agency Gothic - Used on the back cover of The Else
Clarendon SB Medium - Used on the spine and booklet of John Henry
Copperplate - Used on the cover of Flood
Cyclone - Used on the cover of The Spine
Domaine Sans - Used on the cover of Why?
Filmotype Metro - Used on the cover of the Pink Album and the Don't Let's Start EP^[5]
Filmotype Potomac - Used on the cover of the 1985 Demo Tape^[6]
Franklin Gothic - Used in the Lincoln packaging, and extensively throughout Apollo 18
Geometric - Used in an advert for Ana Ng
Interstate - Used in the liner notes of Severe Tire Damage
ITC Garamond - Used on the back cover of the Pink Album
Letter Gothic - Used on the track list insert of the 1985 Demo Tape
Neue Helvetica - Used on the cover of Join Us
OCR-A - Used for Purple Toupee, the Don't Let's Start compilation, and Almanac
OCR-B - Used in the lettering of Phone Power
Octagon - Used on the cover of Here Come The ABCs
Prensa - Used on the cover of I Like Fun
Saracen - Used on the box designs and liner notes of Factory Showroom
Univers 39 - Used on the Elektra reissue cover of the Don't Let's Start EP
Ziggurat - Used on the cover of Here Come The ABCs

TMBFont - Recreation of the font used on the cover, back cover, and disc art of Miscellaneous T
TMBG John Henry - Recreation of the font used on the covers of John Henry and Back To Skull
TMBG Severe Tire Damage - Recreation of the font used on the covers of Severe Tire Damage, Doctor Worm (Single), and Live