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Star Wars font

The Star Wars logo is based on Helvetica Black, modified by Suzy Rice.

Star Wars lettering
Logo via Wikimedia Commons, Star Wars Logo.
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What it matched

Helvetica Black Based on the font
Squared and tightened letterforms, rebuilt joins, extended S bars (Suzy Rice, 1977).
Identified by hand against the font itself and documented sources. See how we identify fonts.
Serif Gothic Also in this work
secondary poster lettering. (DaFont forum, identified.)
Eurostile Bold Extended #2 Also in this work
trailer date numerals. (DaFont forum, suggested.)
SF Distant Galaxy Other candidate
A fan recreation of the logo lettering.

About the lettering

Designer Suzy Rice built the 1977 logo from Helvetica Black, then modified it: letterforms were squared and tightened, joins were rebuilt (notably the connected S-T and R-S), and the bars of the S and the crossbar treatment were extended to give the mark its long horizontal arms. The result reads as Helvetica at a glance, but no setting of Helvetica Black reproduces it exactly.

Common questions

What font is used for the Star Wars logo?

The Star Wars logo is based on Helvetica Black, modified by designer Suzy Rice in 1977, letterforms were tightened and joined, and the S bars extended.

Is the Star Wars font free?

Helvetica is a commercial font. Its page on font.io, linked above when available, carries the purchase options.

What font is most similar to Star Wars?

Helvetica Bold is the closest widely available weight, but the logo itself is modified lettering, so no single weight matches it exactly.

Sources: Suzy Rice (designer of the 1977 logo), the mark was built from Helvetica Black per the studio brief
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