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[[caption-width-right:350:Examples of Eurostile from ''Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey'', ''Film/{{Moon}}'', and ''WesternAnimation/WallE''.]]

Eurostile, its precursor Microgramma, and the very similar Bank Gothic, are sans-serif UsefulNotes/{{fonts}} used in many ScienceFiction films to give a futuristic feel. In fact, they have been used so often that the presence of these fonts in the credits or set design now actually helps viewers to quickly understand the setting of the scene. They are most commonly used in their bold extended versions.

Common uses of Eurostile (typically its extended font) include signs on the inside (and outside) of spaceships; important text on computer display screens (especially those that need to be readable in long shots); dramatic film titles; and overlays on positioning shots to establish the location and / or chronology of the scene. A [[https://typesetinthefuture.com namesake blog]] keeps track of productions using typefaces like this.

Attempts to avert this, like several depiction, usually 90s fiction, of the future with stylized texts, resulted in an UnintentionalPeriodPiece with all those weird-looking "futuristic" fonts, as legible typesets are TruthInTelevision come the 2010s onward.

Compare and contrast ForeignLookingFont when used in an historical context.

See also WeWillUseWikiWordsInTheFuture.
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[[folder:Comic Books]]
* ''ComicBook/AlbedoErmaFelnaEDF'' uses Eurostile as part of the logo of the comic book itself, but not in-universe.
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[[folder:Film -- Animated]]
* ''WesternAnimation/WallE'' uses Eurostile for its on-wall direction signs.
* Creator/{{Pixar}} also use Eurostile in ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles'', on Syndrome's computer.
* Eurostile is also used in plenty of the spy technology in ''WesternAnimation/Cars2''.
* ''WesternAnimation/ArthurChristmas'' uses Bank Gothic for its interstitial location overlays.
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[[folder:Film -- Live-Action]]
* The user interface for HAL 9000 in ''Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey'' uses Eurostile Bold Extended, and is almost certainly the TropeMaker for this particular trope.
** In its sequel, ''Film/TwoThousandTenTheYearWeMakeContact'', all the Russian signage aboard the ''Leonov'' is set in Eurostile Bold Extended modified with Cyrillic letters. This wasn't done completely accurately: for example, an inverted V is used for the Cyrillic equivalent to L, making it look like the Greek Λ (used in Bulgarian, Macedonian and Serbian) instead of the more correct Russian Л.
* The title slide for ''Film/TerminatorSalvation'' is set in Eurostile Bold Extended. Eurostile is also used for on-screen computer interface designs throughout the film.
* ''Film/{{Moon}}'' features Eurostile (and particularly Eurostile Bold Extended) throughout its set design and on-screen UI.
* Ever since ''Film/StarTrekTheMotionPicture'', exterior markings on all [[TheFederation Federation]] spacecraft were set in Eurostile Bold Extended. In the alternate universe created in ''Film/StarTrek2009'', Eurostile (Regular) Extended is used instead.
** A special font, Starfleet Bold Extended (identical to Eurostile but with red borders drawn around each letter), was created for the forward-facing hull registry on the primary saucer, and was used on nearly every Starfleet vessel in a film or series set after ''The Motion Picture''. Machine Extended, the font used in [[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries the original series]], was used on ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise'' and on the ''Kelvin'' in the 2009 film.
* In ''Film/StarWarsEpisodeVIReturnOfTheJedi'', the fictional Aurebesh alphabet first appears in a Eurostile-like font, on a computer in the opening sequence. However, later uses of the alphabet would use a font more reminiscent of Bank Gothic.
* ''Film/GForce'' uses Eurostile Bold Extended in its title slide.
* ''Film/{{District 9}}'' uses Eurostile in its opening sequences.
* The original ''Film/TheAndromedaStrain'' film uses Eurostile Bold Extended for on-wall signage.
* ''Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000TheMovie'' uses Eurostile for the title and opening credits. This (along with the minor-key, instrumental remix of the show's theme music) is an extended joke: aping the opening of a serious sci-fi film, when this is anything but serious. The end credits are rendered in Eurostile bold.
* ''Film/TheHuntForRedOctober'' uses Eurostile Extended for its on-screen interstitials.
* ''Film/TheHungerGamesCatchingFire'' uses Bank Gothic extensively in its teaser trailer.
* ''Film/AlanPartridgeAlphaPapa'' uses a metallic Eurostile Bold Extended text style for deliberate pseudo-dramatic effect in its teaser trailer.
* ''Film/{{Elysium}}'' uses Eurostile Extended for its interstitial text overlays.
* ''Film/PacificRim'' uses Eurostile Extended and Bold Extended for its feature end credit sequence, and Bank Gothic for its main end credits crawl. It also features a Eurostile Extended-like font throughout the film's computer displays.
* ''Film/TheBourneSeries'' uses a combination of Eurostile Bold and Eurostile Regular for its opening titles and closing credits animations / end credits crawl.
* Method Studios created a custom typeface for [[http://www.artofthetitle.com/title/the-avengers/ the credits]] of ''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}}'' that looks like a squared-off variant of Bank Gothic.
* ''Film/Apollo13'' uses this font for the credits and on-screen messages such as [-THREE MONTHS PRIOR TO LAUNCH-].
* ''Film/{{Hackers}}'' uses Eurostile Bold Extended for much of the Gibson's on-screen text display.
* "Film/AllTheTroublesOfTheWorld": The [[TitleSequence title]] is displayed in font designed for computer-reading characters, but the credits use a plainer typeset that are more universal.
* Film/HighRise used it in various contexts within its [[TheSeventies 1976]] setting.
* The third Film/HarryPalmer film ''Film/BillionDollarBrain'' (1967) used an unspecified MICR computer font for the opening titles.
* In ''Film/{{Contact}}'', the logo of the International Machine Consortium (IMC) is in Eurostile Bold Extended.
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[[folder:Literature]]
* ''Literature/BeyondTimeAndSpace'': The cover of this 1986 book uses [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westminster_(typeface) Westminster typeface]] beneath the title, with [[{{Wingdinglish}} random lines of letters, numbers, and symbols]] to imply rapid and complex thinking by the [[FloatingHeadSyndrome face on the cover]].
* ''Literature/ComputerCrimesAndCapers'': The title of this 1983 book uses [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westminster_(typeface) Westminster typeface]] on the spine, to emphasize the book's focus on computers.
* ''Literature/MindToMind'': The 2009 cover of this GenreAnthology has the title in a font similar to the Westminster typeface, evoking a computery feel to a book devoted to PsychicPowers.
* ''Literature/ScienceFictionSpecial'': ''Special 1'' uses a font imitative of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westminster_(typeface) Westminster typeface]] to emphasize its ScienceFiction nature.
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[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
* ''Series/BattlestarGalactica2003'' uses Bank Gothic in its main title sequence.
* The trailer for Episode 5 of Series 7 of ''Series/DoctorWho'' uses Bank Gothic in its Regular and Bold Extended versions.
** The title sequence during the Second Doctor era utilised Eurostile for the captions.
* Creator/GerryAnderson made extensive use of Microgramma in his productions, starting with Series/{{Thunderbirds}}. In particular, ''Series/CaptainScarletAndTheMysterons'' uses Microgramma Medium Extended in its opening credits.
* The ''Series/{{Firefly}}'' episode "[[Recap/FireflyE09Ariel Ariel]]" uses a very similar font to Eurostile Extended for many of the communications screens and medical controls on the planet Ariel.
* Occasionally seen on ''Series/RedDwarf'', most notably as the lettering on ''Starbug''. Became more common in later seasons (earlier, signage was mostly in a "stencil" font, to give the feel of a UsedFuture).
** Across all seasons, almost all text displayed on monitors and screens were written in Eurostile Extended. It was even used in the credits sequences until Series IV, and again from Series X onwards.
*** The Red Dwarf name painted on the exterior of the ship is Eurostile Bold.
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[[folder:Theme Parks]]
* Ride/DisneyThemeParks:
** [[Ride/WaltDisneyWorld Epcot Center]] for the longest time used the proprietary "World Bold" font for the Future World section of the park. [[https://mickeyavenue.com/fonts/prototype/prototype.php Here]] is an aproximation of the font. It comes with both uppercase and lower case letters but was prominent in most signage. For the park's updates around the 50th anniversary of Walt Disney World, the font was updated with a rounder and less harsh design, represented by [[https://epcotfont.com Possiblity Bold]].
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[[folder:Video Games]]
* ''Videogame/Cyberpunk2077'' use the open-sourced Google Fonts typeset [[https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Rajdhani Rajdhani]] for basically everything digital, including the [[DiegeticInterface user interface]].
* ''Franchise/MassEffect'' rather famously uses Korataki for ''EVERYTHING'', including menu headers, ship names, room names, high score boards and more (it's perhaps only more well-known as the font used for the ''Franchise/{{Terminator}}'' logos). The font used for the word "Effect" in the logo was Handel Gothic up until ''VideoGame/MassEffectAndromeda'' and the Legendary Edition of the original trilogy, and it was also used as the body text for [[VideoGame/MassEffect the first game]] (starting with the second game, it was replaced with Myriad Pro).
* Starting with ''VideoGame/RatchetAndClankUpYourArsenal'', ''Franchise/RatchetAndClank'' games used Microgramma Bold Extended for headers. For every Platform/PlayStation3 title, Eurostile was used for the body text, while ''VideoGame/RatchetAndClank2016'' uses Aguda for the body text.
* ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' has a map in development called [[http://wiki.teamfortress.com/wiki/Asteroid Asteroid]] that takes place on a space base. Naturally, the signage thus far is all in Eurostile.
* ''Videogame/Doom3'' and ''Videogame/Doom2016'' primarily use Eurostile or Microgramma. Averted with the classic games and ''Videogame/DoomEternal'', which primarily uses more stylized fonts (for ''Eternal'', apart from the title part of "Eternal" that is written with typeset, most, if not all human or UAC made structure still use typesets).
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[[folder:Web Animation]]
* In the ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'' DVD-exclusive Strong Bad Email "Accent", a Eurostile-like font called [=Square721=] BT is the font used on the Zappy [=XT6=], Strong Bad's computer from "five years in the future".
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