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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: Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark, Colombiana
Our monthly review of movie poster typography.
Read moreGame Of Thrones Wins 2011 Emmy Award For Outstanding Main Title Design
The nominations and winning title sequence for Outstanding Main Title Design at the 2011 Primetime Emmys.
Read moreScreenFonts: Zookeeper, Horrible Bosses, The Ward, The Ledge, Crazy Stupid Love
Our monthly review of movie poster typography.
Read moreFeeling Good In Motion Typography
Nina Simone’s classic song “Feeling Good” served as the basis for a motion graphics video using only black and white typography.
Read moreScreenFonts: Super 8, Green Lantern, Mr. Popper’s Penguins, Cars 2, Bad Teacher
Our monthly review of movie poster typography.
Read moreScreenFonts: Thor, Last Night, Bridesmaids, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, Midnight In Paris, Kung Fu Panda 2
Our monthly review of movie poster typography.
Read moreTrajan In Movie Posters Rescheduled To 4PM
A semi-serious investigation about the most popular typeface in movie poster history, touching upon type selection and typography trends in film posters.
Read morePictogram Posters Reduce Film Posters To Bare Minimum
Using one or more (adapted) pictograms Viktor Hertz creates alternate posters for both recent and older movies.
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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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