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= October 11 =

Tintin font
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)


 * I found this thread 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)