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2001 a space odyssey-HAL screens typeface, and Bladerunner vehicle screens typeface
Posted by withlouis in
20 Aug 2007 — 6:52am
20 Aug 2007 — 6:52am
Hi all,
A very obscure topic I know...
But It's a question that I've wondered ever since I saw Bladerunner, the R.Scott sci fi movie
Has anyone noticed that Bladerunner uses a similar 3 character screen motif in some gui mock-ups very similar to the HAL 9000 screens in 2001?
I'd always thought that Eurostyle would be a good approximation for the HAL typeface in bold (possibly extended? - I'm not that familiar with eurostyle)
does anyone know what the actual typeface used was?
should I post this to font ident forum?
I hesitate, because I have such a poor screenshot.
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20 Aug 2007 — 7:21am
Hmm, looks like Microgramma (1952) by Aldo Novarese who later designed the improved Eurostile.
20 Aug 2007 — 8:20am
Yes. I think you are right.
looking again at some youtube extracts that show different characters I'd say it looks like microgramma.
(even though eurostile is similar, microgramma has a more rounded junction within its joins, which are evident.)
thanks Geoff.
20 Aug 2007 — 8:57am
Well, Microgramma/Eurostile and its sibling Handel Gothic seem to be the favorite fonts of sci-fi filmmakers. Although it takes quite a leap of faith to believe that the other 12 human tribes developed the same alphabet and typefaces as we did during the eons we were divided & yet — managed to get the form factor of books, paper and screens completely wrong, with these cut-off corners… ; )
I refer to Battlestar Galactica, of course.
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Bert Vanderveen BNO
20 Aug 2007 — 10:35am
Kubrick was a Futura fan.
Tim