![]() Though slab serif fonts were widely used in typewriters, it was Courier that became the standard for fonts because of its monospaced design. Although the font lacks some of the attributes of the Courier, the typeface used on the film has the same smooth curve on the letters S and C which is not present in Constructa. The title sequence features a slab serif typeface that’s reminiscent of Courier but doesn’t look so mechanical, nor is it monospaced. More importantly, the film’s title features a typeface that looks like a cross between Courier and Constructa. It’s the only musical that has almost all of my favorite Beatles songs, plus the 70s setting makes me all giggly. The font used may also refer to the director’s European roots and design influence.Īcross The Universe is my favorite musical, ever. The font mirrors other directors’ knack of using modern design elements into their films – Wes Anderson and Stanley Kubrick’s Futura, and Woody Allen’s Windsor. The Helvetica-inspired font was made by British visual effects company, Framestore. (I’ve also talked about Helvetica in some more depth in a previous post.) It closely resembles Helvetica Inserat, a font made in 1957 that was primarily for use in the advertising industry. The font used is slick and functional, and modernist design-wise. ![]() Going into Submarine’s opening and title sequence, the typeface used is possibly a modified version the ever-famous Helvetica family of fonts. It’s a feel-good film that follows a 15-year-old boy as he struggles to make choices for his love and family. I’ve had my fair share of coming-of-age films in recent years, one of them being Submarine. also uses a modified version of the Bodoni type, and must be the inspiration for the movie’s typeface the only difference is that the company uses a combination of uppercase and small capitalization in their branding. This typeface has been around since the 18th century and was made by Giambattista Bodoni. Breakfast At Tiffany’s typeface is an interesting variation of the Bodoni typeface. The font used in the film accommodates the film’s theme – a young country girl-turned-socialite trying to figure her way through the bustling life in the metro – because of the sense of class it exudes. Here are four films where some interesting typefaces are used: But for graphic designers who studied, appreciated, and used vintage typefaces in their works, you’d be happy to see where, how, and who used what type during the film’s supposed era. This type of typography is more of a continuity and props issue within the film. One of the few things I’ve learned from watching films (and taking note of the typography used in them) is the use of Period Typography. After playing catch-up with films from the late 1960s onwards, I’ve seen a lot of decent, well-thought, and well-designed movie titles from these films in terms of both word choice and typeface style, and so decided to feature some of these films that glued me to my couch and featured or used noteworthy typography in their movie titles or intertitles. Well, some of them were shown in cinemas while I was a toddler. I’ve seen over a hundred films in the last two years, and most of them are some of the best I’ve watched in my life.
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