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Mortal Kombat Fonts

Every font in the series, game by game: the logo replica, the lettering inside the cartridges, and the honest list of what is not identified yet. Deep coverage runs 1992 to 1996; the later games are this page's open frontier.

Mortal Kombat logo
Logo via Wikimedia Commons: Mortal Kombat logo.svg.
The one-font answer
MK Title

The Mortal Kombat box art title is custom lettering; MK Title by Baglio, based on the second game's logo, is the standard replica.

Closest match

Read the answer Open the generator

The whole franchise at a glance
1992 to 2025the full span, first release to latest
35 releaseson the spine below, in release order
12 main games3 with identified fonts, 1 with forum leads
15 font findingsacross the main series: identifications, extractions, exhibits, verdicts
1992 · Mortal Kombat1993 · Mortal Kombat II1995 · Mortal Kombat 31997 · Mortal Kombat 42002 · Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance2004 · Mortal Kombat: Deception2006 · Mortal Kombat: Armageddon2008 · Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe2011 · Mortal Kombat (2011)2015 · Mortal Kombat X2019 · Mortal Kombat 112023 · Mortal Kombat 1 (2023)

How the lettering changed

The arcade era
1992 to 1996

One custom lettering job rules the era: chiseled stone capitals under the dragon emblem, drawn for the first cabinet and refined for the second, whose logo becomes the canonical mark the replicas chase. Inside the games the lettering is humbler and mostly home-grown: a small serif face writes MKII's story screens, and MK3 answers with a big italic display atlas and Revue for the fighter names.
The 3D era
1997 to 2008

Mortal Kombat 4 takes the series 3D and the lettering follows the decade: beveled, metallic, embossed. This is the page's thin stretch: no font identification from these years exists in any source we hold yet, so the era stands on its box art and its place in the series while the identification work catches up.
The modern era
2011 to today

The 2011 reboot returns to the classic mark, and the replica scene answers with fuller-named copies of the new logo, none yet resolved into an identification. Mortal Kombat X, 11 and the 2023 Mortal Kombat 1 keep the stone-and-dragon identity in sleeker dress; their fonts are unidentified so far, which is exactly the work a page like this exists to finish.

The main series

Mortal Kombat box art 1992 · Mortal Kombat 5 font findings · First on Arcade

First released on Arcade. Ports and later releases: Game Boy; Game Gear; Genesis; Master System; Super NES (1993); Amiga; MS-DOS; Sega CD (1994). Wikipedia.

Mortal Kombat box art
Box art
Mortal Kombat logo
Logo
Mortal Kombat title screen
Title screen, the lettering in situ
Mortal Kombat NES pirate cart title screen
Title screen of the NES pirate cart
Title lettering
MK Title by Baglio Closest match
The box art title is custom lettering, chiseled stone capitals drawn for the cabinet. MK Title, based on the second game's logo, is the standard replica. The full answer, with the generator, lives on the work page.
In-game text, Super NES
Mortal Kombat text face, SNES extraction Extracted by font.lol
The port's small text face, recovered in November 2026 after two full tile sweeps found nothing. It was never stored as a tile bank: each character is an 8x16 cell assembled from a shared tile pool (PC 0x124100) through an index table (PC 0x1250F2), and the mapping came out of the game's own string printer. 60 glyphs, built through both gates: capitals, digits and punctuation, uppercase only, because the game prints no lowercase. The sheet below is a different thing that is still exactly what it was: the fighter-name graphics, digitized screen art stored around PC 0x1CBC12. FIGHT and FINISH HIM are graphic sprites too.
Mortal Kombat text face, SNES extraction specimen Mortal Kombat text face, SNES extraction evidence
In-game text, NES (unlicensed pirate port)
Mortal Kombat I, NES extraction Extracted by font.lol
There was never a licensed NES Mortal Kombat; this alphabet comes from an unlicensed pirate cart, read directly from its CHR bank and built through both gates: 26 proven glyphs. The same design also serves the NES Mortal Kombat Trilogy pirate cart.
Mortal Kombat I, NES extraction specimen
Recreation, Master System
Mortal Kombat SMS by Patrick H. Lauke Recreation
A FontStruct recreation of the Master System version's font (redux), CC BY 3.0, held in the catalog census.
In-game text, Game Boy
Unproven Open case
The Game Boy ROMs are held and identified, but the two candidate font clusters failed proof: one was a misdecode, the other holds real glyphs with no provable order. No Game Boy MK font can be shown yet.
Mortal Kombat II box art 1993 · Mortal Kombat II 5 font findings · First on Arcade

First released on Arcade. Ports and later releases: Game Boy; Game Gear; Genesis; Master System; Super NES; Amiga; 32X; MS-DOS (1994); PlayStation; Sega Saturn (1996). Wikipedia.

Mortal Kombat II box art
Box art
Mortal Kombat II logo
Logo
Mortal Kombat II title screen
Title screen, the lettering in situ
Title lettering
MK Title by Baglio Closest match
This is the logo MK Title replicates: the second game's chiseled title lettering, custom drawn, is the franchise's canonical mark.
In-game text, Super NES
Mortal Kombat II story and versus face Extracted by font.lol
The small serif face of the story and versus screens, read from the cartridge bank at PC 0x2A0000 and built through both gates: 42 mapped glyphs, A-Z, digits and six punctuation marks, one source slot blank.
Mortal Kombat II story and versus face specimen
Recreation, Master System and Game Gear
Mortal Kombat II SMS by Patrick H. Lauke Recreation
A FontStruct recreation of the Master System and Game Gear version's font (redux), CC BY 3.0.
In-game text, NES (unlicensed pirate port)
Held, no build Open case
The Hummer Team pirate cart is in the NES inventory; its bank produced no provable build.
In-game text, Game Boy
Unproven Open case
Shares the unproven fragments cluster with the first game; the Japanese Kyuukyoku Shinken ROM is held too.
Mortal Kombat 3 box art 1995 · Mortal Kombat 3 4 font findings · First on Arcade

First released on Arcade. Ports and later releases: Game Boy; PlayStation; Genesis; Super NES (1995); MS-DOS; Game Gear; Master System (1996). Wikipedia.

Mortal Kombat 3 box art
Box art
Mortal Kombat 3 logo
Logo
Mortal Kombat 3 title screen
Title screen, the lettering in situ
Mortal Kombat 3 NES pirate cart title screen
Title screen of the NES pirate cart
Fighter name lettering
Revue Forum lead
The DaFont forum identifies Revue for the in-game fighter names, with a replica named Mortalkombat3 suggested in the same thread. A lead, not yet cross-checked against the ROM by us.
In-game display face, Super NES
Mortal Kombat 3 atlas, located Located, not built
The big italic serif face of the versus and story screens sits in the ROM as a multi-tile atlas (PC 0x09C800 to 0x09E800) whose glyph assembly order the tile stream does not carry. The atlas sheet below is the record; a build waits on the game's text table.
Mortal Kombat 3 atlas, located evidence
In-game text, NES (unlicensed pirate port)
Mortal Kombat III Extra 60, NES extraction Extracted by font.lol
From the Extra 60 pirate variant, read from its CHR bank and built through both gates: 21 proven glyphs.
Mortal Kombat III Extra 60, NES extraction specimen
In-game text, Game Boy
Not yet examined Open case
The Game Boy ROMs are held; no cluster verdict or build exists for this one yet.
Mortal Kombat 4 box art 1997 · Mortal Kombat 4 No font identification yet · First on Arcade

First released on Arcade. Ports and later releases: Nintendo 64; PlayStation; Windows (1998); Game Boy Color (1998/1999). Wikipedia.

Mortal Kombat 4 box art
Box art
Mortal Kombat 4 logo
Logo
Fonts
No identification held Open frontier
The last arcade entry and the first 3D one. No font identification exists in any source we hold; the NES pirate cart of MK4 is in the inventory with no build.
Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance box art 2002 · Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance No font identification yet · First on GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox, Game Boy Advance

First released on GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox, Game Boy Advance. Wikipedia.

Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance box art
Box art
Fonts
No identification yet Open frontier
No font identification exists for this release in any source we hold. It stands on the spine with its art and its place in the series; the identification work is the page's open frontier.
Mortal Kombat: Deception box art 2004 · Mortal Kombat: Deception No font identification yet · First on PlayStation 2, Xbox

First released on PlayStation 2, Xbox. Ports and later releases: GameCube (2005). Wikipedia.

Mortal Kombat: Deception box art
Box art
Mortal Kombat: Deception logo
Logo
Fonts
No identification yet Open frontier
No font identification exists for this release in any source we hold. It stands on the spine with its art and its place in the series; the identification work is the page's open frontier.
Mortal Kombat: Armageddon box art 2006 · Mortal Kombat: Armageddon No font identification yet · First on PlayStation 2, Xbox

First released on PlayStation 2, Xbox. Ports and later releases: Wii (2007). Wikipedia.

Mortal Kombat: Armageddon box art
Box art
Fonts
No identification yet Open frontier
No font identification exists for this release in any source we hold. It stands on the spine with its art and its place in the series; the identification work is the page's open frontier.
Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe box art 2008 · Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe No font identification yet · First on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360

First released on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360. Wikipedia.

Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe box art
Box art
Fonts
No identification yet Open frontier
No font identification exists for this release in any source we hold. It stands on the spine with its art and its place in the series; the identification work is the page's open frontier.
Mortal Kombat (2011) box art 2011 · Mortal Kombat (2011) 1 font finding · First on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360

First released on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360. Ports and later releases: PlayStation Vita (2012); Windows (2013). Wikipedia.

Mortal Kombat (2011) box art
Box art
Mortal Kombat (2011) logo
Logo
Title lettering
Unresolved replicas Lead
Forum suggestions for the 2011 logo run to replicas named Mortal Kombat Title and Mortal Kombat Armaggedon; they may be the headline MK Title under fuller names. Unresolved either way, so they are listed as leads, not identifications.
Mortal Kombat X box art 2015 · Mortal Kombat X No font identification yet · First on Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One

First released on Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One. Ports and later releases: iOS; Android (mobile companion, later Mortal Kombat Mobile). Wikipedia.

Mortal Kombat X box art
Box art
Fonts
No identification yet Open frontier
No font identification exists for this release in any source we hold. It stands on the spine with its art and its place in the series; the identification work is the page's open frontier.
Mortal Kombat 11 box art 2019 · Mortal Kombat 11 No font identification yet · First on Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch

First released on Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch. Ports and later releases: Stadia (2019); PlayStation 5; Xbox Series X/S (2020, via Ultimate). Wikipedia.

Mortal Kombat 11 box art
Box art
Fonts
No identification yet Open frontier
No font identification exists for this release in any source we hold. It stands on the spine with its art and its place in the series; the identification work is the page's open frontier.
Mortal Kombat 1 (2023) box art 2023 · Mortal Kombat 1 (2023) No font identification yet · First on Windows, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch

First released on Windows, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch. Wikipedia.

Mortal Kombat 1 (2023) box art
Box art
Fonts
No identification yet Open frontier
No font identification exists for this release in any source we hold. It stands on the spine with its art and its place in the series; the identification work is the page's open frontier.

Updated versions and expansions

Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 box art 1995 · Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 1 font finding · First on Arcade

First released on Arcade. Ports and later releases: Super NES; Genesis; Sega Saturn (1996); Xbox 360 (2006); Nintendo DS as Ultimate Mortal Kombat (2007). Wikipedia.

Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 box art
Box art
Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 title screen
Title screen, the lettering in situ
Filed recreation
Mortal Kombat 5 by Devln Unverified lead
A FontStruct design held in the census under this name (FontStruct Non-Commercial license). Which game's font it recreates is unverified; it is filed here because the census gives it no closer home.
Mortal Kombat Trilogy box art 1996 · Mortal Kombat Trilogy 1 font finding · First on PlayStation, Nintendo 64

First released on PlayStation, Nintendo 64. Ports and later releases: Sega Saturn; MS-DOS; Windows; Game.com; R-Zone. Wikipedia.

Mortal Kombat Trilogy box art
Box art
Mortal Kombat Trilogy logo
Logo
In-game text, NES (unlicensed pirate port)
Mortal Kombat I, NES extraction Extracted by font.lol
The Trilogy pirate cart carries the same design, at the same CHR offset, as the Mortal Kombat I pirate cart: one extraction covers both.
Mortal Kombat I, NES extraction specimen
Mortal Kombat Gold box art 1999 · Mortal Kombat Gold No font identification yet · First on Dreamcast

First released on Dreamcast.

Mortal Kombat Gold box art
Box art
Fonts
No identification yet Open frontier
No font identification exists for this release in any source we hold. It stands on the spine with its art and its place in the series; the identification work is the page's open frontier.
Mortal Kombat Advance box art 2001 · Mortal Kombat Advance No font identification yet · First on Game Boy Advance

First released on Game Boy Advance.

Mortal Kombat Advance box art
Box art
Mortal Kombat Advance logo
Logo
Fonts
No identification yet Open frontier
No font identification exists for this release in any source we hold. It stands on the spine with its art and its place in the series; the identification work is the page's open frontier.
Mortal Kombat: Tournament Edition box art 2003 · Mortal Kombat: Tournament Edition No font identification yet · First on Game Boy Advance

First released on Game Boy Advance.

Mortal Kombat: Tournament Edition box art
Box art
Fonts
No identification yet Open frontier
No font identification exists for this release in any source we hold. It stands on the spine with its art and its place in the series; the identification work is the page's open frontier.
Mortal Kombat: Unchained box art 2006 · Mortal Kombat: Unchained No font identification yet · First on PlayStation Portable

First released on PlayStation Portable.

Mortal Kombat: Unchained box art
Box art
Fonts
No identification yet Open frontier
No font identification exists for this release in any source we hold. It stands on the spine with its art and its place in the series; the identification work is the page's open frontier.
Ultimate Mortal Kombat box art 2007 · Ultimate Mortal Kombat No font identification yet · First on Nintendo DS

First released on Nintendo DS.

Ultimate Mortal Kombat box art
Box art
Fonts
No identification yet Open frontier
No font identification exists for this release in any source we hold. It stands on the spine with its art and its place in the series; the identification work is the page's open frontier.
2011 · Mortal Kombat: Komplete Edition No font identification yet · First on PlayStation 3, Windows, Xbox 360

First released on PlayStation 3, Windows, Xbox 360.

Fonts
No identification yet Open frontier
No font identification exists for this release in any source we hold. It stands on the spine with its art and its place in the series; the identification work is the page's open frontier.
2015 · Mortal Kombat Mobile No font identification yet · First on iOS, Android

First released on iOS, Android. Wikipedia.

Fonts
No identification yet Open frontier
No font identification exists for this release in any source we hold. It stands on the spine with its art and its place in the series; the identification work is the page's open frontier.
2016 · Mortal Kombat XL No font identification yet · First on PlayStation 4, Windows, Xbox One

First released on PlayStation 4, Windows, Xbox One.

Fonts
No identification yet Open frontier
No font identification exists for this release in any source we hold. It stands on the spine with its art and its place in the series; the identification work is the page's open frontier.
2020 · Mortal Kombat 11: Aftermath No font identification yet · First on PlayStation 4

First released on PlayStation 4.

Fonts
No identification yet Open frontier
No font identification exists for this release in any source we hold. It stands on the spine with its art and its place in the series; the identification work is the page's open frontier.
2020 · Mortal Kombat 11: Ultimate No font identification yet · First on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S

First released on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S.

Fonts
No identification yet Open frontier
No font identification exists for this release in any source we hold. It stands on the spine with its art and its place in the series; the identification work is the page's open frontier.
2024 · Mortal Kombat 1: Khaos Reigns No font identification yet · First on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch, Windows

First released on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch, Windows.

Fonts
No identification yet Open frontier
No font identification exists for this release in any source we hold. It stands on the spine with its art and its place in the series; the identification work is the page's open frontier.
2025 · Mortal Kombat 1: Definitive Edition No font identification yet · First on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch, Windows

First released on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch, Windows.

Fonts
No identification yet Open frontier
No font identification exists for this release in any source we hold. It stands on the spine with its art and its place in the series; the identification work is the page's open frontier.

Spin-offs

Mortal Kombat Mythologies: Sub-Zero box art 1997 · Mortal Kombat Mythologies: Sub-Zero No font identification yet · First on PlayStation, Nintendo 64

First released on PlayStation, Nintendo 64.

Mortal Kombat Mythologies: Sub-Zero box art
Box art
Fonts
No identification yet Open frontier
No font identification exists for this release in any source we hold. It stands on the spine with its art and its place in the series; the identification work is the page's open frontier.
Mortal Kombat: Special Forces box art 2000 · Mortal Kombat: Special Forces No font identification yet · First on PlayStation

First released on PlayStation.

Mortal Kombat: Special Forces box art
Box art
Fonts
No identification yet Open frontier
No font identification exists for this release in any source we hold. It stands on the spine with its art and its place in the series; the identification work is the page's open frontier.
Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks box art 2005 · Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks No font identification yet · First on PlayStation 2, Xbox

First released on PlayStation 2, Xbox.

Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks box art
Box art
Fonts
No identification yet Open frontier
No font identification exists for this release in any source we hold. It stands on the spine with its art and its place in the series; the identification work is the page's open frontier.
2023 · Mortal Kombat: Onslaught No font identification yet · First on Android, iOS

First released on Android, iOS. Wikipedia.

Fonts
No identification yet Open frontier
No font identification exists for this release in any source we hold. It stands on the spine with its art and its place in the series; the identification work is the page's open frontier.

Compilations and bundles

Mortal Kombat & Mortal Kombat II box art 1998 · Mortal Kombat & Mortal Kombat II No font identification yet · First on Game Boy, PC

First released on Game Boy, PC.

Mortal Kombat & Mortal Kombat II box art
Box art
Fonts
No identification yet Open frontier
No font identification exists for this release in any source we hold. It stands on the spine with its art and its place in the series; the identification work is the page's open frontier.
2008 · Mortal Kombat Kollection No font identification yet · First on PlayStation 2

First released on PlayStation 2.

Fonts
No identification yet Open frontier
No font identification exists for this release in any source we hold. It stands on the spine with its art and its place in the series; the identification work is the page's open frontier.
2011 · Mortal Kombat Arcade Kollection No font identification yet · First on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360

First released on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360. Ports and later releases: Windows (2012).

Fonts
No identification yet Open frontier
No font identification exists for this release in any source we hold. It stands on the spine with its art and its place in the series; the identification work is the page's open frontier.
2025 · Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kollection No font identification yet · First on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Switch 2, Windows

First released on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Switch 2, Windows.

Fonts
No identification yet Open frontier
No font identification exists for this release in any source we hold. It stands on the spine with its art and its place in the series; the identification work is the page's open frontier.
2025 · Mortal Kombat: Elder God Bundle No font identification yet · First on Steam, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S

First released on Steam, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S.

Fonts
No identification yet Open frontier
No font identification exists for this release in any source we hold. It stands on the spine with its art and its place in the series; the identification work is the page's open frontier.

What is not identified yet

A franchise page earns its keep by stating its edges. These are the open cases, ranked by how much of the page they hold back.

Eight main games have no font identification

Nothing after Mortal Kombat 3: MK4, Deadly Alliance, Deception, Armageddon, MK vs. DC Universe, X, 11 and Mortal Kombat 1 (2023) have no identification in any source we hold. Closing this is new identification work, and the spine is built to absorb it entry by entry.
MK Title has no download route

The headline replica is not published on FontSpace, so neither this page nor the work page can link a download. The identification stands on its own until that changes.
Game Boy fonts are unproven

Every Game Boy MK release is held and cataloged, art included, but its fonts defeated the proof standard: one cluster was a misdecode, the other real glyphs in an unprovable order. Any future Game Boy extraction pass starts here.
The SNES Mortal Kombat 3 atlas needs a text table

Bank and atlas are in hand; the missing input is the game's own assembly data. Until it surfaces, the atlas is an exhibit, not a font.
Genesis and arcade fonts are unexamined

The Genesis ports were major releases and the arcade originals are the canonical versions, but neither platform has had a dissection pass. Their box art is cataloged; the fonts behind it are not.

Art and sources

Box art, logos and title screens on this page are self-hosted and credited per image in the art credits manifest: box art and title screens from the libretro-thumbnails collection (the games' own packaging, keyed to the No-Intro names), later covers from the English Wikipedia articles, logos from Wikimedia Commons and libretro-thumbnails, and two evidence sheets from font.lol's own SNES extraction pass. The franchise logo above is via Wikimedia Commons (File: Mortal Kombat logo.svg). The game canon (titles, years, platforms) follows Wikipedia's List of Mortal Kombat media, read Nov 3, 2026. Font identifications stand on the sources named in each entry and on the Mortal Kombat font answer; extraction findings are font.lol's own cartridge work, gated as described in the retro wing. Spotted an error? Report a correction.