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My Type of Music
Sometimes you can judge a book by its cover and a band by its album art.
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ScreenFonts
A typographic look at today’s movie posters and film titles. (a.k.a. Characters on The Silver Screen)
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Lovely Lettering
Typography is made with type, but some of the best letters are made one at a time, by hand.
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Oops!
A light-hearted repository of amusing typos and typographic mishaps.
ScreenFonts: Stoker, Dead Man Down, The Incredible Burt Wonderstone, Tyler Perry’s Temptation, Wrong
Our monthly review of movie poster typography.
Read moreScreenFonts: Bullet In The Head, Side Effects, Beautiful Creatures, Safe Haven
Our monthly review of movie poster typography.
Read moreFilm Design Awards Finalists Screening at SXSW Next Week
In his recent post on Wide Screen, the Yahoo movies blog, Will Perkins wonders where the Oscars for Best Title Sequence were at the recent ceremony. Indeed, although this area of filmmaking is already recognised at the Emmies with the Emmy Award For Outstanding Main Title Design, it still is overlooked at most other award [...]
Read moreScreenFonts: Gangster Squad, LUV, The Last Stand, John Dies At The End
Our monthly review of movie poster typography.
Read moreScreenFonts: Zero Dark Thirty, The Impossible, On The Road, Django Unchained
Our monthly review of movie poster typography.
Read moreScreenFonts: Fun Size, Chasing Mavericks, The Sessions, The American Scream
Our monthly review of movie poster typography.
Read moreScreenFonts: Frankenweenie, The Paperboy, Argo, Seven Psychopaths
Our monthly review of movie poster typography.
Read moreNew Interactive Typographic Animation Series “The Futura Gold”
Long-time readers of The FontFeed will remember Chris Gavin’s innovative 2009 short film TXT ISLAND. An epic tale of misadventure depicted in plastic lettering, TXT ISLAND went on to appear at over 30 international animation and film festivals (including Stuttgart and Annecy), gained finalist status (for Best Short Film) at the 2010 British Animation Awards, [...]
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A typographic look at today’s movie posters and film titles. (a.k.a. Characters on The Silver Screen)
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