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August 17, 2016 3:12 PM Subscribe
makeitstranger.com is a toy that lets you generate Stranger Things-style logos with the text of your choice. Spaces, alas, are forbidden.
Nitpick, but one thing these generators get wrong is the "G". It should be flat on the left side (at least when next to an N or other horizontal lined letter, I assume). If I was a graphic artist I'd be making "Strange Design" t-shirts in this style to sell on Phish tour.
posted by Roommate at 3:29 PM on August 17, 2016 [3 favorites]
posted by Roommate at 3:29 PM on August 17, 2016 [3 favorites]
I'm sad it doesn't squish the Gs like in the original logo. It's my favorite thing about it (especially how they squash when the letters move together in the title sequence).
posted by zsazsa at 3:31 PM on August 17, 2016 [5 favorites]
posted by zsazsa at 3:31 PM on August 17, 2016 [5 favorites]
Jinx, Roommate!
posted by zsazsa at 3:31 PM on August 17, 2016 [2 favorites]
posted by zsazsa at 3:31 PM on August 17, 2016 [2 favorites]
Seems like a good place to drop this: Vox did a little video feature about the production on the title sequence.
posted by figurant at 3:34 PM on August 17, 2016 [5 favorites]
posted by figurant at 3:34 PM on August 17, 2016 [5 favorites]
What's making that server make all that noise? What's keeping the mods up all night? Oh my god it's...
posted by MCMikeNamara at 3:35 PM on August 17, 2016 [12 favorites]
posted by MCMikeNamara at 3:35 PM on August 17, 2016 [12 favorites]
A disturbance? This one looks like a natural fit.
posted by RonButNotStupid at 4:05 PM on August 17, 2016
posted by RonButNotStupid at 4:05 PM on August 17, 2016
I've a sense of humor like a nine year old.
posted by ZaneJ. at 4:07 PM on August 17, 2016 [3 favorites]
posted by ZaneJ. at 4:07 PM on August 17, 2016 [3 favorites]
I like the letterforms squishing, and I like the sounds when the characters touch, join, reshape each other and gather as a coherent, strong whole from out of the grainy darkness. The intro sequence is more than just red letters set to lowpass-filtered square waves—it's the first season in microcosm.
I hope Imaginary Forces gets to do a different yet equally compelling title sequence for the second season.
posted by infinitewindow at 4:24 PM on August 17, 2016 [1 favorite]
I hope Imaginary Forces gets to do a different yet equally compelling title sequence for the second season.
posted by infinitewindow at 4:24 PM on August 17, 2016 [1 favorite]
What will you get from that magical apple?
posted by Philipschall at 4:35 PM on August 17, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by Philipschall at 4:35 PM on August 17, 2016 [1 favorite]
Art of the Title interview with Michelle Dougherty of Imaginary Forces on the Stranger Things titles.
posted by figurant at 4:36 PM on August 17, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by figurant at 4:36 PM on August 17, 2016 [1 favorite]
This is so much a Stephen King font. It makes me think instantly of Skeleton Crew, among others.
posted by zardoz at 4:50 PM on August 17, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by zardoz at 4:50 PM on August 17, 2016 [1 favorite]
I love that saved text is part of the url. So you can see what other people have put in before you:
http://makeitstranger.com/arkham-asylum
http://makeitstranger.com/harry-potter
And if you just make up random stuff that no one has entered in yet, like this:
http://makeitstranger.com/randmom stuff here
You get a really cool looking http://makeitstranger.com/error-404
posted by Loudmax at 5:02 PM on August 17, 2016
http://makeitstranger.com/arkham-asylum
http://makeitstranger.com/harry-potter
And if you just make up random stuff that no one has entered in yet, like this:
http://makeitstranger.com/randmom stuff here
You get a really cool looking http://makeitstranger.com/error-404
posted by Loudmax at 5:02 PM on August 17, 2016
Oblig.
http://makeitstranger.com/garth-marenghi
http://makeitstranger.com/eerie-indiana
http://makeitstranger.com/american-gothic
http://makeitstranger.com/hammer-horror
posted by comealongpole at 5:26 PM on August 17, 2016
http://makeitstranger.com/garth-marenghi
http://makeitstranger.com/eerie-indiana
http://makeitstranger.com/american-gothic
http://makeitstranger.com/hammer-horror
posted by comealongpole at 5:26 PM on August 17, 2016
Yes, I went there because there's nothing scarier...
posted by oneswellfoop at 5:32 PM on August 17, 2016
posted by oneswellfoop at 5:32 PM on August 17, 2016
How my friend began the Stranger Things Logo Generator duel that consumed our day.
posted by greenland at 6:45 PM on August 17, 2016
posted by greenland at 6:45 PM on August 17, 2016
If there is one thing I love more than iconic title card generators, it's sweet, self-flagellating nitpicking about alignment.
posted by Collaterly Sisters at 8:40 PM on August 17, 2016 [2 favorites]
posted by Collaterly Sisters at 8:40 PM on August 17, 2016 [2 favorites]
A friend of mine did this and I just can't top it.
posted by jason_steakums at 8:54 PM on August 17, 2016 [5 favorites]
posted by jason_steakums at 8:54 PM on August 17, 2016 [5 favorites]
Can someone link me to the stranger things font generator? I'm still doing this in Photoshop and it takes a very long time I'm not very good
posted by farlukar at 2:10 AM on August 18, 2016 [4 favorites]
posted by farlukar at 2:10 AM on August 18, 2016 [4 favorites]
It works on a couple levels.
posted by Phobos the Space Potato at 10:13 AM on August 18, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by Phobos the Space Potato at 10:13 AM on August 18, 2016 [1 favorite]
For the folks in the election threads.
posted by waitingtoderail at 1:31 PM on August 18, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by waitingtoderail at 1:31 PM on August 18, 2016 [1 favorite]
For the folks in the election threads.
Alternate 1
Alternate 2
posted by Going To Maine at 2:44 PM on August 18, 2016 [1 favorite]
Alternate 1
Alternate 2
posted by Going To Maine at 2:44 PM on August 18, 2016 [1 favorite]
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