Patrik Svensson designed posters for various movies using only a few letters and/or characters. Here’s his poster for The Shining:
(Via Minimalissimo.)
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—It’s Futura Extra Bold. It was Stanley’s favorite typeface. It’s sans serif. He liked Helvetica and Univers, too. Clean and elegant.
— Is this the kind of thing you and Kubrick used to discuss?
—God, yes. Sometimes late into the night.
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Typographic poster for Stanley Kubrick’s science fiction masterpiece. The famous quote is not included in the final version of the film but appears in Arthur C. Clarke’s original book. The em dash that breaks the phrase represents the ever present monolith. The poster is set in Futura Extra Bold, (Kubrick’s typeface of choice) and printed with glow in the dark ink, so the star field only becomes visual in the darkness of space.
(Via.)
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A number of graphic designers weigh in on John McCain’s campaign’s choice of typeface. The consensus seems to be that a better choice might have been made.
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