×
Lastning pågår

How one typeface took over movie posters

1 medlem

Why Hollywood kept using Trajan.

Subscribe to our channel! http://goo.gl/0bsAjO

For the past 25 years, one typeface has dominated Hollywood typography: Trajan. It’s everywhere, from Shakespearean epic classics like Titus to gory modern flicks like The Human Centipede. It was even the official typeface of the Academy Awards for a while. In movie poster design, if you want to make a film look official, you use Trajan. So how did that happen? Designer Yves Peters set out to answer that question.

Read ScreenFonts, Yves’ monthly movie poster reviews: https://typenetwork.com/news

By Design is a Vox video series about the intersection of design and technology. We’re investigating how human decisions on one end of creating something affect people on the other. Watch here: http://bit.ly/2OZTiJ5.

Vox.com is a news website that helps you cut through the noise and understand what's really driving the events in the headlines. Check out http://www.vox.com.

Watch our full video catalog: http://goo.gl/IZONyE
Follow Vox on Facebook: http://goo.gl/U2g06o
Or Twitter: http://goo.gl/XFrZ5H

Nästa avsnitt
S01E840 - Why the US national anthem is terrible — and perfect
Se avsnittet

Episoder (1595)

Säsong 1

Liknande program (10)

explained
explained
Les évadés du bureau
Les évadés du bureau
Vsauce
Vsauce
Psych2Go
Psych2Go
100 amis
100 amis
Darren fait une dépression, la websérie londonienne
Darren fait une dépression, la websérie…
Sans gêne
Sans gêne
Ça rime à rien
Ça rime à rien
Deux Italiens à Paris
Deux Italiens à Paris
Sexe opposé
Sexe opposé