Short answer: Clarendon Bold.
For fun, I’m writing a little slot machine game in Java. I wanted to create some symbols to go on the reels, and one of those symbols is the number 7. And, I wanted it to look like the fancy 7 you see on slot machines, like this:
So, after some googling around, I discovered that it uses the Clarendon Bold font. Here’s what the 7 looks like in Linotype’s Clarendon Std Bold:
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Wilds and scatter symbols. Each free slots game with bonus rounds will feature a wild symbol unique to that slot game. It is perhaps the most rewarding symbol in the slots game. Wilds will usually substitute for all symbols, and in some cases scatters, and will boost.
This is a screenshot grabbed from the preview feature of fonts.com’s page for Clarendon Std Bold.
Unfortunately, I don’t have that font on my computer. After further googling, I discovered the Ultra font on Google Fonts. The Google Fonts page describes it as follows:
Ultra is an ultra bold slab typeface with nods to wood type styles like Clarendon and Egyptian. Strong and dramatic letterforms for titling, a serious, yet friendly, and easily legible typestyle. Perfect for power headlines and titling for impact.
Here’s what the 7 looks like in Ultra:
To make my slot machine 7, I installed Ultra on Windows, fired up Inkscape, added a Text object with the Ultra font at 72 points, set a fill colour of Red, added a black stroke 1 point thick, and here’s the final result:
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I’m pleased with it!