Typeset in the Future: Typography and Design in Science Fiction Movies

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In Typeset in the Future, blogger and designer Dave Addey invites sci fi movie fans on a journey through seven genre defining classics, discovering how they create compelling visions of the future through typography and design The book delves deep into 2001 A Space Odyssey, Star Trek The Motion Picture, Alien, Blade Runner, Total Recall, WALL E, and Moon, studying the design tricks and inspirations that make each film transcend mere celluloid and become a believable reality These studies are illustrated by film stills, concept art, type specimens, and ephemera, plus original interviews with Mike Okuda Star Trek , Paul Verhoeven Total Recall , and Ralph Eggleston and Craig Foster Pixar Typeset in the Future is an obsessively geeky study of how classic sci fi movies draw us in to their imagined worlds and how they have come to represent THE FUTURE in popular culture. Free Read eBook Typeset in the Future: Typography and Design in Science Fiction Movies Author Dave Addey – kino-fada.fr Interesting and entertaining, but somehow is this books typesetting terrible In a book about typography I love all trivia and information about design and semiotics, but it talks to much about the plot of each movie.While at first appearing to only appeal to a niche inside a niche, the clever style and thoughtful analysis in this book will appeal to fans of classic film and science fiction in general If you happen to be a design nerd, so much the betterThis is the first design book to ever make me laugh out loud.Bone dry humor, compelling insights, outstanding photographic reproduction if you have any interest in design, great science fiction movies, or typography, run don t walk to get yourself a copy.Fascinating and detailed analysis of not only font design in science fiction movies Beautifully produced A must read for geeksRead my review hereAn immersive and thorough exploration of typography s role in painting the futuristic landscape needed for science fiction film Addey s attention to detail is magnificent The book is filled with interesting facts, design education, and just...

Typeset in the Future: Typography and Design in Science Fiction Movies
  • 25 October 2018
  • Hardcover
  • 264 pages
  • 1419727141
  • Dave Addey
  • Typeset in the Future: Typography and Design in Science Fiction Movies