In celebration of the Director's Edition announcement, I took it upon myself to recreate the Director's Edition opening titles. Purchased the 'Galaxy BT' font, learned Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe After Effects, VLC Player and finally putting the finishing touches in Final Cut Pro.
Phew! It sure was fun. I love this film's title so much.
Obviously it's not a 100% recreation. I did make some deliberate artistic choices in how the title was presented. For instance, the way 'Star Trek' is shaped caused some inconsistencies with the text's weight. For example, look at the top portion of the 'S' and compare how thick that is to the 'T' immediately next to it. I found out that it was just a case of increasing both the S and the K's scale, which causes their weight to be different. I chose not to alter this change completely since it does make the titles a bit bolder, so I elected to alter the top portions of the 'S' and 'K' and have the weight get larger the lower the letter goes. Consistency on the top, bold at the bottom.