Typeset in the Future
Typography and Design in Science Fiction Movies
Ezra Klein recommended the book as a visual guide that examines the typography of classic scifi movies, describing it as nerdy, glorious, and a mustread for design lovers. He emphasized its focus on fonts and what they reveal about our visions of the future.
So I thought I would say that everyone should go out and buy a book by a blogger, Dave Addy. It's called Typeset in the Future. And it is an absolutely wonderful book where he goes th...
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Ezra Klein recommended the book as a visual guide that examines the typography of classic scifi movies, describing it as nerdy, glorious, and a mustread for design lovers. He emphasized its focus on fonts and what they reveal about our visions of the future.
So I thought I would say that everyone should go out and buy a book by a blogger, Dave Addy. It's called Typeset in the Future. And it is an absolutely wonderful book where he goes through all of the great science fiction movies like Alien or Aliens or Star Wars or 2001, and looks at the fonts in those movies, and basically explains which fonts are used, why they're used, what they mean, and how that reflects our visions of the future.