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.
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Notable examples of Ad Lib usage
Ad Lib has seen use in:
- Felix the Cat episode titles.[dubious – discuss]
- 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 several 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
External links
- Media related to Ad Lib (typeface) at Wikimedia Commons
References
"Ad Lib - Webfont & Desktop font « MyFonts". Myfonts.com. 2000-01-01. Retrieved 2013-09-21. http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/bitstream/ad-lib/ ↩