Trajan in Movie Posters at SXSW in half an hour

Fonts in Use, News, ScreenFonts | Yves Peters | March 10, 2012

I am very excited about bringing ScreenFonts – arguably the most successful series on The FontFeed – live on stage, here at SXSW Interactive 2012. Two Decades of Trajan in Movie Posters is a semi-serious investigation about the most popular typeface in movie poster history, and touches upon type selection, typography trends in movie posters, and the omni-presence of Trajan. Wish me luck, I have about 400 seats to fill.

4 Comments:

What’s the url to watch it live please?

Posted by Dave P on Mar. 10, 2012
I am not important enough a speaker yet to have it simulcast, but there is video on the way, in a month or two.

Posted by Yves Peters on Mar. 10, 2012
Excellent Yves, been looking forward to this for some time.

Posted by Adam on Mar. 12, 2012
+1.

Posted by Daniel Bruce on Mar. 13, 2012

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