Ad Lib (typeface)

Ad Lib is a decorative typeface that was designed in 1961 by Freeman Craw for American Type Founders. It was extremely popular from the early- to mid-1960s, and is often used today to evoke that era.

The typeface is known for its square counters a-la the 60's. A SoftMaker version of this font has straighter edges for glyphs.

Notable examples of Ad Lib usage
Ad Lib has seen use in:
 * Felix the Cat episode titles.
 * the episode titles and "Same Bat Time, Same Bat Channel" text overlays on the 1960s Batman television series
 * on-screen lyrics for the Augustus Gloop number in the 1971 film Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
 * the 1976 film The Bad News Bears
 * the titles for the Pink Panther series, as well as the credits of the Looney Tunes shorts that DePatie-Freleng Enterprises produced from 1964 to 1967
 * the 1982-1983 TV series Meatballs & Spaghetti
 * the 1982 animated film The Grinch Grinches the Cat in the Hat
 * credits for films such as The Outrage, A Guide for the Married Man, Clueless, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back and A Man Called Dagger
 * scores on the television screen and for the logo on the first season of the 1996-99 version of The Dating Game
 * titles of the television series Night Gallery which ran from 1970 to 1973
 * the 1967 film In The Heat of the Night and the 1988 TV series based in the film
 * the closing credits for Masha and the Bear
 * episode title cards for A Pup Named Scooby-Doo and Yo Yogi!
 * the logo for the Disney animated series Darkwing Duck alongside Banco
 * the title card for the Courage the Cowardly Dog episode "Journey to the Center of Nowhere"
 * the cover of the Nirvana live album From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah
 * most Animaniacs tie-in merchandise
 * the opening and closing credits of the animated series American Dad!
 * the title of Tyler Perry's Assisted Living
 * the pre-2018 logo of the website Rotten Tomatoes
 * the Worms video game franchise up until Worms Ultimate Mayhem
 * signage around Nickelodeon Studios alternately with the network's "Balloon" font
 * the boxes of the 1996 MGM/UA reissue of Pee-wee's Playhouse
 * dialogues in PokéPark Wii: Pikachu's Adventure, PokéPark 2: Wonders Beyond, and Luigi's Mansion 3
 * the Boom Blox video game
 * the title cards for children's show Maggie and the Ferocious Beast
 * the closing credits of some 90's Sesame Street home videos during the Around the Corner Era
 * The Wiggles TV series and home videos from 1997 to 2001
 * the logo of the English TV series That'll Teach 'Em
 * part of the title of the Soft Serve Cyclone menu item from the American restaurant chain Friendly's
 * the closing credits of Sabrina: The Animated Series
 * the logo for the Mighty Mighty Bosstones (and often on their album covers)
 * print ads for Chuck E. Cheese in 1999
 * A-Z Animal Dictionaries
 * the cover of The Beatles' Second Album
 * the Monkees DVD box sets in 2003