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* ''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.

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.

Common uses of Eurostile 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.

* Starting with ''VideoGame/RatchetAndClankUpYourArsenal'', ''Franchise/RatchetAndClank'' games used Microgramma Bold Extended for headers. For every UsefulNotes/PlayStation3 title, Eurostile was used for the body text, while ''VideoGame/RatchetAndClank2016'' uses Aguda for the body text.

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

* ''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 Eurostile, most, if not all human or UAC made structure still use typesets).

* ''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 Eurostile, most, if not all human or UAC made structure still use typesets.

* ''Videogame/Doom3'' and ''Videogame/Doom2016'' primarily use Eurostile or Microgramma. Averted with the classic games and ''Videogame/DoomEternal'', which uses more stylized fonts (for ''Eternal'', most, if not all human or UAC made structure still use typesets.

* In ''Film/StarWarsEpisodeVIReturnOfTheJedi'', the fictional Aurebesh language first appears in a Eurostile-like font, on a computer in the opening sequence. However, later uses of the language would use a font more reminiscent of Bank Gothic.

** A special font, Starfleet Bold Extended, 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 language first appears in a Eurostile-like font. However, later uses of the language would use a font more reminiscent of Bank Gothic.

[[http://www.fonts.com/font/linotype/eurostile 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.

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* The third Film/HarryPalmer film ''Billion Dollar Brain'' (1967) used an unspecified MICR computer font for the opening titles.

[[http://www.fonts.com/font/linotype/eurostile Eurostile,]] its precursor Microgramma, and their close equivalent 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.

[[http://www.fonts.com/font/linotype/eurostile Eurostile]], its precursor Microgramma, and their close equivalent 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.

* 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".