A Study in Font

Typography on screen in BBC Sherlock

"SHERLOCK" Title font
This font is custom made for the show using P22 Johnston Underground as a
base. (Download link below.) Here is a fantastic title font analysis by
justonelasttrick that shows how the title font has been altered from the
Underground font. (An extremely similar free font, London Tube is available to
download here.)
221B Door lettering
The gold plated numbers and upper case B that appear on the door of 221B
are Times NR Seven MT Bold. Our post on the lettering and door knocker can
be found here.
16 / $26 Available here at myfonts.com
Text Messages
All the text messages in the show utilise AF Generation Z font (Medium)
28 / $46 Available here at myfonts.com
Clues/Sherlocks deducing
When Sherlock sees a clue, like with the pink ladys wedding rings, the font that
appears is P22 Johnston Underground which is also the base for the title font.
12 / $20 Available here at myfonts.com
Irenes Website
The sharp elegant font that appears on Irenes website prints is ITC Elan Book
16 / $26 Available here at myfonts.com
I AM SHERLOCKED
The font that appears on Irenes Vertu phone lock screen is Verdana.
Verdana comes free with all modern computers.
Sherlocks Headstone
The sophisticated gold lettering that appears on Sherlocks headstone is
engraved in Times New Roman, another free font that is included in the set of
default computer fonts.

BONUS FONTS:
Keep Calm and Carry On font, (seen on a mug in The Fall). Download
here (FREE)

And for anyone wondering, wearsherlock uses Gotham Bold for our
logo/graphics.
The full Gotham suite can be downloaded here at typography.com