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September 14

missing information

First. Thank you for being there! I have learned a lot by searching your web site. Just two things re-the lack of information. One- Searching movies, I never see a rating. G-PG-R etc. Or reference to language, violence, situations, etc. It would be helpful if the rating was included in the information. Second. Searching the reality show "Naked and Afraid" Are the contestants paid? Are they paid only if they complete the challenge? Do they get partial payment if they "Tap out"? Are they volunteer? Your article does not answer these questions. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:601:C700:B629:919D:2336:39A1:79E (talk) 06:14, 14 September 2015 (UTC)

For the first part of your question, ratings vary by country and there are lots of countries. Please see motion picture rating system for more information.--Shantavira|^{feed me} 07:28, 14 September 2015 (UTC)

Yeah the absence of ratings in movie articles is a deliberate omission. See Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Film#Ratings for the reasons why. This would be all very well if ratings were available somewhere else instead, but they may not be. Many IMDB pages don't show the movie's rating either. --Viennese Waltz 08:24, 14 September 2015 (UTC)

That's not my experience with IMDB. On the contrary, I can't find one without rating. Ssscienccce (talk) 16:04, 14 September 2015 (UTC)

Agreed. On recent films, the US rating is shown by IMDb, with a link that you can click to show the rating in various other countries. [1] There is generally a link to the IMDb page in the Wikipedia article, so the information is available with a couple of clicks. Alansplodge (talk) 17:19, 14 September 2015 (UTC)

Regarding payment of Naked and Afraid" contestants: according to this (and 2 interviews with the producer): "they receive an appearance fee and get their expenses paid". Ssscienccce (talk) 17:58, 14 September 2015 (UTC)

What font is used for the cover text of The Martian?

Cover visible here. I put this on the Miscellaneous desk because I didn't think fonts themselves were language per se. 20.137.7.64 (talk) 18:41, 14 September 2015 (UTC)

According to this site, USN Stencil. However, I'm not personally convinced - the example of the font on this page is rather different to that on the book cover, particularly in the capital D. Tevildo (talk) 23:18, 14 September 2015 (UTC)

That capital D is quite distinctive and unusual. I tried http://www.identifont.com on the lettering, but it never asked about the D and none of the fonts it suggested had that sort of D. I would suggest asking the publisher; it was their designer who had to choose the font. --65.95.178.150 (talk) 05:04, 15 September 2015 (UTC)

Bear in mind that the designer might have either adapted or entirely self-designed/drawn (on-screen or paper) the lettering. I myself occasionally did this as a professional designer/editor back in the day. {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 185.74.232.130 (talk) 12:54, 15 September 2015 (UTC)

It's particularly common to use a stock font for most of the text, then to hand-tweak particular title letters for whatever special need. SteveBaker (talk) 15:05, 15 September 2015 (UTC)