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 was used for Felix the Cat episode titles.
*Ad Lib was used for episode titles and "Same Bat Time, Same Bat Channel" text overlays on the 1960s ''Batman'' television series.
*Ad Lib was used in the 1971 film '' Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory'' on the Augustus Gloop number.
*Ad Lib was used in the 1976 film '' The Bad News Bears''.
*Ad Lib was used in the Pink Panther titles, as well as in the credits of the Looney Tunes shorts that DePatie-Freleng Enterprises produced from 1964 to 1967.
*Ad Lib was used in film credits, such as ''The Outrage'', '' A Guide for the Married Man'', '' Clueless'', '' Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back'' and ''A Man Called Dagger''.
*Ad Lib was used as the font to display scores on the television screen and for the logo on the first season of the 1996-99 version of '' The Dating Game''.
*Ad Lib was used for the titles of the television series '' Night Gallery'' which ran from 1970 to 1973.
*Ad Lib was used for in the 1967 film '' In The Heat of the Night'' and the 1988 TV series based in the film.
*Ad Lib was used in the episode title cards for '' A Pup Named Scooby-Doo'' and ''Yo Yogi!''
*Ad Lib and Banco are used in the logo for the Disney animated series '' Darkwing Duck''.
*Ad Lib was used once in the '' Courage the Cowardly Dog'' episode "Journey to the Center of Nowhere" for the episode's title card.
*Ad Lib is used on the cover of the Nirvana live album From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah.
*Ad Lib was used on most '' Animaniacs'' tie-in merchandise.
*Ad Lib is also used in the opening and closing credits of the animated series ''American Dad!''.
*Ad Lib is used for the title of '' Tyler Perry's Assisted Living''
*Ad Lib was used in the logo of the website Rotten Tomatoes prior to 2018.
*Ad Lib was used throughout the ''Worms'' video game franchise, up until ''Worms Ultimate Mayhem''.
*Ad Lib was used in signage around Nickelodeon Studios alternately with the network's "Balloon" font.
*Ad Lib was featured on the boxes of the 1996 MGM/UA reissue of ''Pee-wee's Playhouse''.
*Ad Lib was the dialogue font used in '' Luigi's Mansion 3''.
*Ad Lib was used on the title cards for children's show ''Maggie and the Ferocious Beast''.
*Ad Lib was used in the closing credits of some 90's ''Sesame Street'' home videos during the Around the Corner Era.
*Ad Lib was used in ''The Wiggles'' TV series and home videos from 1997 to 2001.
*Ad Lib was used as the logo of the English TV series ''That'll Teach 'Em''.
*Ad Lib was used for part of the title of the ''Soft Serve Cyclone'' menu item from the American restaurant chain ''Friendly's''.
*Ad Lib was used in the closing credits of '' Sabrina: The Animated Series''.
*Ad Lib was used in the logo for The Mighty Mighty Bosstones (and often on their album covers).
*Ad Lib was used in print ads for Chuck E. Cheese in 1999.
*Ad Lib was used in '' Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends'' in the episode "Frankie My Dear" for a fictional restaurant dubbed "Futurpoup", which translates to "Poop of the future".

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American Type Founders typefaces
Display typefaces
Typefaces and fonts introduced in 1961
Digital typefaces
Letterpress typefaces
Photocomposition typefaces

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