Movie
Star Wars font
It is
Designed logo lettering
Not a fontOn record: Designed logo lettering — 1977 film treatment
Used in: The classic 1977 film logo
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The 1977 Star Wars film logo is lettering made by designers. Title designer Dan Perri’s interview covers Suzy Rice’s logo and Joe Johnston’s revisions and points to no retail font. For a bold geometric title of your own, look at ITC Machine on MyFonts.
4 sourcesFree alternatives
Type your own words to compare the letter shapes. These are close matches, not the font Star Wars uses.
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Anton
FreeA dense display font for a heavy title in your own words.
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Bebas Neue
FreeA taller, narrower display font for compact headings.
Compare this available font with the original reference above. It is an editorial alternative, not an attribution of the original lettering.
ITC Machine
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MyFonts lists ITC Machine from ITC, a bold geometric font to try for your own title. Check the style you pick and what its license covers.
What to know
How the film logo was made
In his Art of the Title interview, Dan Perri talks about Suzy Rice’s logo and Joe Johnston’s revisions, which included flattening the W and adjusting for the film’s wide image. Lucasfilm’s archive also shows an earlier promotional logo by John Van Hamersveld. That is a different logo. The name of a redrawn font does not prove the 1977 film used it.
A logo is only part of a film title
For a science-fiction heading of your own, start with a plain geometric setting before you join strokes or add an outline. If you join two letters, look at the gap between them at a small size, and keep a plain-text version for supporting use. Motion, perspective and screen position are separate design choices. A font alone will not give you a full opening sequence.
Fonts to compare
MyFonts lists ITC Machine from ITC, a bold geometric font for your own title. Check the style you pick and what its license covers. Anton and Bebas Neue are free display fonts. Anton is dense, and Bebas Neue is tall and compact. None of the three is the lettering of the Star Wars logo.
Getting the font
The interview describes designed lettering and no original font you could download. ITC Machine is a paid geometric font on MyFonts.
Questions
Is ITC Machine the Star Wars logo font?
No. The Star Wars logo is designed lettering that went through revisions, and ITC Machine is a separate font.
Are all early Star Wars logos the same?
No. The early promotional logo in Lucasfilm’s archive and the classic film logo have different design histories.
Sources
Checked November 11, 2026
- Art of the Title — Star Wars creator interviewTitle designer interview
- Lucasfilm — early Star Wars logo T-shirtOfficial archive page
- MyFonts — ITC MachineSeller’s listing
- Star Wars — logo artwork and reuse recordWhere the logo image comes from
