"Typecasting"
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tahnanOne nice thing about being obsessive about certain things such as puzzles is that it makes me really appreciate people who are obsessive about other things. Such as fonts.
L.A. Confidential (1997, Warner Bros.). A highly regarded film, tightly written, well-acted, beautifully filmed, but pretty mediocre in its use of type. This one is set in the early '50s, but the type was clearly not. "HUSH-HUSH," a Hollywood gossip magazine, is featured prominently sporting a logo set in Helvetica Compressed (1974). A newspaper dated 1953 has headlines set in Helvetica Black (1959) and Univers (1957)—typefaces which weren't commonly available in the U.S. until the sixties. Another newspaper has the word "EXTRA" emblazoned across the top in an optically expanded ITC Kabel Black (1976). Granted, there are vintage bits of typography and signage here and there, but it appears that when it came to creating typographic props from scratch, they pretty much just guessed. (two stars out of five)
Gotta love it.
L.A. Confidential (1997, Warner Bros.). A highly regarded film, tightly written, well-acted, beautifully filmed, but pretty mediocre in its use of type. This one is set in the early '50s, but the type was clearly not. "HUSH-HUSH," a Hollywood gossip magazine, is featured prominently sporting a logo set in Helvetica Compressed (1974). A newspaper dated 1953 has headlines set in Helvetica Black (1959) and Univers (1957)—typefaces which weren't commonly available in the U.S. until the sixties. Another newspaper has the word "EXTRA" emblazoned across the top in an optically expanded ITC Kabel Black (1976). Granted, there are vintage bits of typography and signage here and there, but it appears that when it came to creating typographic props from scratch, they pretty much just guessed. (two stars out of five)
Gotta love it.
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