Ever since the Guardian published an article about the Kubrick archive in 2004 it’s become common knowledge that Stanley Kubrick was a Futura fan. But did he use it very often?

Stanley Kubrick’s typography

It's become common knowledge that Stanley Kubrick was a Futura fan. But did he use it very often?

Kennedy assassination newspaper headlines

“Extra! Extra! Read all about it!”

Saul Bass Anatomy of a Murder design

Saul Bass’ design for Anatomy of a murder

An overview of the various designs Bass created for the film: posters, inserts, stationery and ads

Railroad company logo design evolution

100 logos from American and Canadian railroad companies

The Artist movie typography and lettering

by Mark Simonson

Dick Bruna O.S.S. 117 book covers

Iconic covers designed for a series of detective novels

Whenever I come across something that’s designed in China it’s usually also “Made in China.” In most cases “Made in China” means that it looks cheap or it is cheap. But what about Chinese graphic design or logo design? Does that look cheap too? […]

Airline logos from China and Hong Kong

Design from the Far East. Is it any good?

When Bass worked for film studios he offered them a package: main and credit titles, a symbol or trademark, a screen trailer, posters (half sheets, one sheet, three sheet, six sheet, twenty-four sheet), an insert, lobby cards, a window card, trade ads and […]

Saul Bass: The Man with the Golden Arm

Posters, lobby cards, album covers and the title sequence.

It amazes me how few movies have an identity. While millions of dollars are spent on the marketing campaign of Hollywood movies, their logos or wordmarks are usually much cheaper: $35 (the price of the Trajan ‘movie font.’ on MyFonts.com). Logos […]

1980s horror movie poster logos and typography.

Lettering and typography from the pre-Trajan era

Hollywood studios used to have their own in-house designers, which explains why some title designs have the same style. Until the late 1950s they were mostly created by National Screen Service, the company which controlled the distribution of theatrical […]

Warner Bros. trailer typography

25 years worth of trailer typography: 1930-1955

Have you ever visited a department store just to admire their graphic design? Me neither. But I might have done that if I was born 50 years earlier. Just look at the images above. Wow. And those are just their logos. Imagine what their posters, folders, price tags, receipts, […]

Handlettered logos from defunct department stores

Script lettering from American department stores

2011 marks the 100th anniversary of Chevrolet. The company started naming models during the 1910s, which carried names like ‘Classic six’ or ‘Superior sedan.’ Only the name Chevrolet sporadically appeared on grilles of early models. This changed […]

Chevrolet chrome script lettering

Chrome script lettering from 1956 to 1971

2011 marks the 100th anniversary of Chevrolet. During these 100 years Chevrolet developed over a hundred different types of cars, vans and trucks. All of those cars, vans and trucks have something in common: they all contain speedometers. Speedometers […]

Chevrolet speedometer design

Design evolution from 1941 to 2011

There are a lot of somewhat hidden places on the internet. Fantastic content, located on search engine unfriendly websites like libraries, universities and auction websites. I found the first image of a beer stamp on an auction website, which led me to pages like the […]

Revenue beer stamps

Engraved stamps from 1866 to 1971

“Extra! Extra! Read all about it!” Until the late 1940s newspapers were the primary method of delivering the news. In addition to normal daily papers Extra’s were published when something big happened. These were sold on the street by newsboys. Today […]

9/11 Newspaper headlines: design and typography

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