ScreenFonts: Diana, Thor: The Dark World, Oldboy, Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
Observant readers may have wondered why I didn’t review the poster for Design Is One: Leila & Massimo Vignelli last month. Even better, very few people know that the film’s production company...
View ArticleScreenFonts: Inside Llewyn Davis, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, Saving Mr....
Two days ago the nominations for the Oscars were announced, yet still no sign of any typography-related categories like Best Movie Poster or Best Title Sequence. On the IMP Awards website the nominees...
View ArticleScreenFonts: Free Ride, Maidentrip, Big Bad Wolves, 24 Exposures
Some months I truly despair when going through the film posters for the upcoming episode of ScreenFonts. Especially so many of the posters for movies in wide release (the “big” ones, as opposed to the...
View ArticleStarry Eyes and True Detective Win SXSW Film Design Awards
Originally South by Southwest – a riff on Alfred Hitchcock’s North by Northwest – was only a music festival, first organised in 1987. Seven years later SXSW expanded by adding the SXSW Film and...
View ArticleScreenFonts: The LEGO Movie, A Field In England, Robocop, Son Of God
Hunh? What is this, a second episode of ScreenFonts this month? Well, if you checked the URL of the previous one, you may have noticed it said “January 2014”, which meant it technically was one month...
View ArticleScreenFonts: Grand Budapest Hotel, 300: Rise of an Empire, Enemy, Muppets...
When my brother and sister and I were young, we always had impassioned discussions with my stepfather about coincidence. His theory is that there is no such thing. Even though he doesn’t believe in...
View ArticleScreenFonts: Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Under The Skin, Hateship...
With all the excitement surrounding yet another great TYPO Berlin conference, I almost forgot to post this month’s ScreenFonts. Kick back, relax, let’s watch some film (posters), quick! By the way,...
View ArticleScreenFonts: Gravity, Bad Milo!, Captain Phillips, The Fifth Estate, Carrie
I have a real treat for you this month. It is a rare privilege to see a poster design come to life. We open this episode of ScreenFonts with a process video by Kevin Tong. It shows the live creation of...
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