Friday, August 27, 2004

Royal Tenenbaum's World of Futura

In Mark Simonson's notebook entry Royal Tenenbaum's World of Futura talks about Wes Anderson's somewhat-obsessive use of the font Futura in The Royal Tenenbaums. There are some great screenshots clearly showing the pattern. Mark Simonson also wrote "Typecasting: The Use (and Misuse) of Period Typography in Movies" which is essential reading if you're trying to do anything with type on screen.