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Somehow reminds me of the "Typeset in the future" serie of movie analyses from the perspective of typography used. Highly enjoyable (if you like typography and

by haddr 6y ago

Somehow reminds me of the "Typeset in the future" serie of movie analyses from the perspective of typography used. Highly enjoyable (if you like typography and sci-fi movies): https://typesetinthefuture.com/2016/06/19/bladerunner/ https://typesetinthefuture.com/2016/06/19/bladerunner/

riffraff 6y ago
Typeset in the future is a treasure. I cannot see eurostile anymore without thinking of it.
ericol 6y ago
Last year somebody posted this [1] right here in HN. Speaking about being mind blown. [1] https://fontsinuse.com/uses/28760/neon-genesis-evangelion https://fontsinuse.com/uses/28760/neon-genesis-evangelion
- jacobush 6y ago
  502 Bad Gateway? :-)
  - ericol 6y ago
    Oh. I picked it up from the chat with a friend where I knew it was. That's so sad, it was a really incredible good article. Fortunately, it's available in Google's cache [1] (And I just made a backup with SingleFile because of the 502) [1] https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:WYjiVtFump0J:https://fontsinuse.com/uses/28760/neon-genesis-evangelion+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=ar https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:WYjiVt...
    - riquito 6y ago
      The original image is still available https://www.evangelion.co.jp/neon_genesis.html https://www.evangelion.co.jp/neon_genesis.html
- matheusmoreira 6y ago
  I remember! Other Gainax animes also use typefaces creatively: http://burrowowl.net/2007/08/evolution_of_a_title_screen/ http://burrowowl.net/2007/08/evolution_of_a_title_screen/
- dumb1224 6y ago
  I remember reading that post. Particular interesting for a chinese reader since the high impact visual style largely comes from the japanese kanji which strikes much more weighted than say someone who don't read chinese/japanese (it might be a subjective feeling) can perceive. Interestingly the japanese kanji fonts have a very tiny slight difference than the fonts we use. It's not exactly the calligraphy. They definitely do visual style right and impressive.

by haddr 6y ago

riffraff 6y ago

Typeset in the future is a treasure. I cannot see eurostile anymore without thinking of it.

ericol 6y ago

Last year somebody posted this [1] right here in HN. Speaking about being mind blown. [1] https://fontsinuse.com/uses/28760/neon-genesis-evangelion https://fontsinuse.com/uses/28760/neon-genesis-evangelion

jacobush 6y ago
502 Bad Gateway? :-)
- ericol 6y ago
  Oh. I picked it up from the chat with a friend where I knew it was. That's so sad, it was a really incredible good article. Fortunately, it's available in Google's cache [1] (And I just made a backup with SingleFile because of the 502) [1] https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:WYjiVtFump0J:https://fontsinuse.com/uses/28760/neon-genesis-evangelion+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=ar https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:WYjiVt...
  - riquito 6y ago
    The original image is still available https://www.evangelion.co.jp/neon_genesis.html https://www.evangelion.co.jp/neon_genesis.html
matheusmoreira 6y ago
I remember! Other Gainax animes also use typefaces creatively: http://burrowowl.net/2007/08/evolution_of_a_title_screen/ http://burrowowl.net/2007/08/evolution_of_a_title_screen/
dumb1224 6y ago
I remember reading that post. Particular interesting for a chinese reader since the high impact visual style largely comes from the japanese kanji which strikes much more weighted than say someone who don't read chinese/japanese (it might be a subjective feeling) can perceive. Interestingly the japanese kanji fonts have a very tiny slight difference than the fonts we use. It's not exactly the calligraphy. They definitely do visual style right and impressive.