Comments on: TypograFriday: Movie Typecasting, Handlettering

By: owentroy

owentroy — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 07:36:51 +0000

Hannah, thanks. Yeah that’s one I forgot for sure.

I actually find (Non-Drew Struzan) illustrated movie posters (Sideways, The Savages, Happiness, Dear Zachary) sort of their own thing, signifying a strong rejection of Hollywood. Thumbsucker may be the most important film of this trend.

I should note too that handlettering as refined as Ware’s for The Savages or Clowes’ for Ghost World I don’t really count as being part of the handwriting trend.

By: hannah

hannah — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 20:35:06 +0000

most of mike mills’ posters for “thumbsucker” were hand-lettered… this is the main one: http://www.layercake.net/wp-content/Thumbsucker.jpg. here are more on mike’s site: http://www.mikemillsweb.com/graphics_thumbsucker.html

By: owentroy

owentroy — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 18:23:50 +0000

Ladies and Gentlemen, Matt Monk! Without whom I may never have learned how to kern.

I did forget Stop Making Sense! Which was Tibor intentionally referencing Pablo Ferro/Dr Strangelove titles, as far as I know… will research further.

Dr Strangelove I did mention (obliquely) twice! I remember the thrill at learning that Napoleon Dynamite’s titles were done by Ferro, bridging thirty years of innovative handdrawn movie titles in an instant.

By: mmonk

mmonk — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 16:22:42 +0000

Hey Owen,

Don’t forget “Stop Making Sense.” Also–and this is not really about the poster–but “Dr. Strangelove”‘s titles leap to mind.