Mark Simonson notes that the period typography in the Indiana Jones...
Mark Simonson notes that the period typography in the Indiana Jones movies is pretty good, except for that used on Indy's travel maps . In Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) which is set in 1936, we see ITC Serif Gothic (designed in 1972). The wide spacing feels right, and it does have an art deco feel, but it's 1970s art deco. ( link )
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todd:
I *hate* it when people get 1970s art deco confused with 1930s art deco. It's just such a classless mistake to make.
smckenzie23:
Jim Cowie:
watching movies with a font fondler is a terrible experience anyway. it's as if they have typographic tourette's. you're sitting through a quiet scene, and the camera pans across a document, and they snort and yell out "Caslon! CASLON!?"
donkeykonguk:
It's a disorder called Typomania, thank you very much. Much misunderstood and incurable. http://www.spiekermann.com/iblog/C1097932338/E1823448250/index.html
donkeykonguk:
You know how programmers get huffy when a movie set far in the future shows someone hacking into the pentagon using MacPaint? It's kind of like that.
gregg:
yeah, there was that capital J and capital K, the kerning just gets tighter and tighter.... my lowercase l grew a serif... it was wild.
