Xenotron

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Hapecat, Oni's very own happy mascot.

Xenotron is a family of fonts designed in 1995 by Cornelis "Kees" Gajentaan, a video games artist and happy mascot hunter. His font was used in Oni, most notably in the splashscreens, but also in some textures ("STAIRS" signs, "DC" decals...).

Xenotron was released under a "thankware" license, but Kees is not credited or mentioned in "Special Thanks" in the Credits, meaning that Bungie West was either forgetful or got Xenotron from a font repository and didn't see the author's special license.

Font links
Xenotron and Xenotron Broadstroke (archived)
Xenotron Radio Edit (archived)
TTF files for all three typefaces (mirrored)
Other cool stuff by Kees
FunTower project (for Times Square; archived)
Other Artwork (other projects; the JavaScript for the "Other Artwork" portfolio is broken, unfortunately – there was some cool stuff there)
Special mention for FunTower
It's a "vertical city" concept made of seven modular halls of seven floors each. Unfortunately, the 3D data is unavailable... But the concept lives on, sorta ^_^