Manchester City Raises Eyebrows With New Club Font Designed By Noel Gallagher
By Mikelle Leow, 27 Jun 2024
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Manchester City’s 2024/25 season is kicking off with a conversation starter beyond the pitch. The English football club has unveiled a new font for player names and numbers on their shirts, designed by none other than music legend and lifelong City fan, Noel Gallagher.
The font, a direct adaptation of Gallagher’s handwriting, now graces the back of Manchester City’s shirts for the upcoming season, resulting in a distinctively casual and cartoonish aesthetic. It’s not quite like the elegant script or sleek typeface some fans might come to expect.
For many, the resemblance to the much-maligned Comic Sans font—famed for its informal and childlike appearance—can’t be ignored.
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— Manchester City (@ManCity) June 18, 2024
ððð Manchester City Goes Comic Sans Style in the 24-25 Season pic.twitter.com/cALTu9N5Jg
— Footy Headlines (@Footy_Headlines) June 13, 2024
The font will be used on the Citizens’ shirts for Champions League, FA Cup, and Carabao Cup matches, adhering to regulations that allow for different type choices in these competitions compared to the Premier League.
it looks like rugrats
— headersonn (@headersonn) June 19, 2024
Because that's what Noel Gallagher is famous for, his font design skills https://t.co/C1VT3sOBfb
— Eddie Robson (@EddieRobson) June 19, 2024
Comic Sanschester https://t.co/YW0fRdp9vK
— Brandon (@BrandonEgley) June 19, 2024
LUKS NYCE x https://t.co/kAGRoAgXKs pic.twitter.com/ZK2gVRY5vP
— Buckers (@deathofbuckley) June 19, 2024
That looks exactly how it would sound if I wrote him a song https://t.co/XPW1VSrG2s pic.twitter.com/BN2Ybnzrpo
— sportsfonts.com (@sportsfonts_com) June 19, 2024
— Specsavers (@Specsavers) June 19, 2024
Congrats to comic sans on becoming the second worst typeface of all time https://t.co/3DWAfQBfS1
— Stu Royall (@stu_bot3000) June 19, 2024
[via SPORTbible, Footy Headlines, Creative Bloq, images via various sources]