
ScreenFonts: March 2017 | The Leftovers
![]() The Grace of Jake © 2015 Indican Pictures. This (deliberate?) homage to the classic crop duster scene in North by Northwest is a good example of a single-point perspective design that doesn’t look static. I love how the knocked-out film title bleeds into the classy white frame. The cheesy version with floating heads falls flat. ![]() A Cure for Wellness © Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation. Gravillis Inc.’s theatrical one-sheet nicely translates a key theme from the movie into a simple yet effective image. The type could almost be a customized Benton Sans. |
![]() Sex Doll © 2016 IFC Midnight. The latex-like yellowy skin tone, closed eyes with exaggerated false eyelashes, and half-open mouth in this photograph virtually transform the actress into the titular sex doll. The suggestively positioned hot-pink ransom note typography gives a nod to the male protagonist’s penchant for “rescuing” women from the sex trades. This poster strikes an uneasy balance between the sensual and the explicit. ![]() The Girl with All the Gifts © 2016 Saban Films. When you compare the typography in the half-baked original poster with Gravillis, Inc.’s superior artwork, you notice how Jonathan Barnbrook’s Bourgeois is a much better typeface design in the square sans serif genre. See also Agency FB. |
![]() Don’t Knock Twice © 2016 IFC Midnight. While the main poster is predictable, this nice illustrated poster stands out. Playing with type sizes, however, does not exempt one from proper kerning: the KN and TW pairs need to be tightened. Trajan has become the obligatory typeface in the horror genre. A worthy alternative is Canto, which offers three different finishes and a full set of lowercase characters. ![]() The Institute © 2017 Momentum Pictures. One thing immediately jumped out at me in this theatrical one-sheet: if you use a connected script, you’d better make sure the letters actually connect. |
![]() As You Are © 2016 Votiv Films. Excellent integration of images inside letterforms elevates this beautiful, moody photo/typographic poster. ![]() Contemporary Color © 2016 Oscilloscope. This colorful theatrical one-sheet makes great use of vibrant neon letters. |
![]() My Life as a Courgette © 2016 Gkids. Wonderland’s endearing international poster is a joyous affair with lovely hand lettering done in watercolors. ![]() El auge del humano (The Human Surge) © 2016 Grasshopper Film. Wondrous techno-psychedelic poster with well-balanced, irregular tape lettering. |
Bald Condensed, né Yves Peters, is a Belgian-based rock drummer known for his astute observations on the impact of letterforms in the contemporary culture-sphere. A prolific writer on typography, he has a singular knack for identifying the most obscure typefaces known to man.