This page lists all fonts of the typefaces used in Papers, Please and its various localizations were derived from during the game development. The list is displayed as a part of the credits sequence either at the end of the game or if the user clicks on the "created by Lucas Pope" button on the main screen. See the second table for some of the used fonts that are not listed in the end credits but were once used or served as basis for text in the game.
Fonts in the end credits[]
These are the fonts listed in version 1.1.65.
| Font | Creator | Where applied | Sample |
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| 04b03 | 04 | The daily bulletin, audio transcripts, the counterfeiter flyer, the temporary visa slip, and titles in end credits | 
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| 53 Veda | Akashic Design | Abbreviations DOB., ISS., and EXP., and the word SEX on passports | 
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| 5Mikropix | Winter Design Studio | EZIC notes | 
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| Atari Small | Gurkan Sengun | Speech bubbles, work passes, certificates of vaccination, small headings in the the rulebook, dates on stamps | 
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| Bangalore | Yuji Adachi | The Human trafficking note, The Pink Vice flyer, Get Big Town ad, and in all caps in the poison packet, the word Impor in the Imporian passport, and words kill and tranq in the weapon casings |  
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| BM Germar | BitmapMania | In the word Kolechia in the Kolechian passport, and the words approved, denied, and reason on stamps; in pre-1.1.60 versions of the game, commands such as sleep, back, and next | 
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| BM Mini | BitmapMania | The rulebook, citations, The Truth of Arstotzka subheadings, fingerprint slips, M. Vonel's ID, and all documents with variable info (e.g. passports) | 
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| Chixa Demibold | Kreative Korporation | Subheadings in the rulebook since version 1.1.60 | 
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| EncientGermanGothic | Yurchenko Bazhen | The title of Правда Арстотцки (The Truth of Arstotzka) in the Russian localization | 
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| MiniKylie | deadbodies.us | The smallest font in many documents (e.g. access permits, identity supplements, identity cards), the heading of M. Vonel's ID. | 
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| Misaki Gothic | Little Limit | ||
| Motorola Screentype | R P N | Article headings in The Truth of Arstotzka, and the counterfeiter flyer and the Get Big Town ad since version 1.1.60 | 
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| Naga10 | Sadakazu Nagao | ||
| Nokia Cellphone FC | Zeh Fernando | Inspection mode prompts, booth buttons (e.g. detain) and directions like "drag documents here" written on the counter and the "hang on wall" phrase on plaques, the family photo, and the Arstotzka Arskickers pennant. Versions 1.1.60 and newer use a modified version. | 
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| PixelPlay | Aleksander Shevchuk | Main menu, cutscenes, end-of-day screen, plaques, end credits, headings of diplomatic authorizations, grants of asylym, entry permits, access permits, entry tickets, the wanted list, headings of instructions at the back of the official bulletin, and since version 1.1.60, commands such as sleep, back, and next | 
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| PlainBlack | Paul Lloyd | The title of The Truth of Arstotzka | 
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| Proggy Tiny | Tristan Grimmer | The EZIC cipher given by Corman Drex | 
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| Propaganda | Aprostrophic Labs | As basis for the text Property of M.O.A. in the rulebook and the confiscation drawer. | 
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| Raleway | The League of Moveable Type | As basis for the word press in the international press identification. Heavy variant is also used on the Arstotzka Arskickers pennant | 
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| Resource | Danny Phantom | Messages on the end of day screen, words presence, sufficience, and excellence on plaques since version 1.1.60 | 
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| Righty Uses Left Hand | Ebba | As basis for the phrase hang on wall in the lower left corner of son's drawing since version 1.1.60 | 
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| SD Auto Pilot | Sam Derrick | In the phrase stamp here in the fake passport and in the love note since version 1.1.60 | 
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| Shinonome | Yasuyuki Furukawa |
Unlisted fonts[]
The following have been used in the game but are not listed in the current (version 1.1.65) end credits.
| Font | Creator | Where applied | Sample |
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| 84 Orange | Akashic Design | In the word United Federation in the Federal passport | 
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| Agit Prop | Sergey Kazakov | As basis for the game title in the main menu | 
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| Arial Black | Robin Nicholas, Patricia Saunders | As basis for the word Republia in the Republian passport | 
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| BM Delico | BitmapMania | In the headings of the counterfeiter flyer and the Get Big Town ad in pre-1.1.60 versions of the game | 
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| ChunkFive EX | Peter Wiegel | As basis for the sign Obristan Immigration shown in endings 16 and 18. | 
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| kroeger 05_55 | Craig Kroeger | Audio transcripts in pre-1.1.60 versions of the game | 
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| Megan Serif | Deadbodies.us | Titles of citations in pre-1.1.60 versions of the game | 
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| Merriweather | Sorkin Type | As basis for the text on the logo of the October 1982 Labor Lottery | 
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| Molle Font | Elena Albertoni | As basis for the text in The Pink Vice ad | 
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| PixAntiqua | Gerhard Großmann | Subheadings in the rulebook in pre-1.1.60 versions of the game | 
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| Power Chord | Diegoliv | As basis for the word champs on the Arstotzka Arskickers pennant | 
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| Times New Roman | Stanley Morison, Victor Lardent | As basis for the phrase entry visa on all passports (except for the fake one) and letters MOI in M. Vonel's ID since version 1.1.60 | 
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| V5 Loxica Lixera | vFive Digital | In the word Arstotzka in the Arstotzkan passport | 
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