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The typeface in question is the main font (the title and other subtitles)
on this trailer page for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button:
http://www.apple.com/trailers/paramount/thecuriouscaseofbenjaminbutton/
Thanks in advance!
22 Jun 2008 — 5:38am
Looks custom/amateurish, although it does look familiar.
But only thing close I could find is Gargoyle Light, it has a similar feel, somewhat...
Perhaps based on similar samples??
26 Oct 2008 — 12:31pm
Tim Girvin, in his blog, explains the development of the Benjamin Button mark.
http://blog.girvin.com/?p=2009
26 Oct 2008 — 12:57pm
BENJAMIN BUTTON is Trajan (what else).
26 Oct 2008 — 1:01pm
The rest is Minion.
26 Oct 2008 — 1:21pm
ah, the titling on that page has changed, which explains barthak's original comments. :)
here's what used to be there
11 Nov 2008 — 4:13pm
Must have been changed again, because now "BENJAMIN BUTTON" is set in LTC Kennerley.
2 Apr 2009 — 2:34am
Hey, just joined Typophile to try and answer this question. I have seen a lot of answers on the web to which font is used in the Benjamin Button promo material but don't think it is solved in any of them. Not sure if this is because the typeface keeps getting changed over time or what ...
Attached is the font I'm interested in. Definitely not Minion. Kennerley looks close but has 3 terminals on the upper case W, whereas the BB font has 4. Also Kennerley italic has circular dots on the i and j, whereas this one has diamonds. The leading swashes on the v and w (italic) also don't match.
Thanks in advance if anyone can identify it!
Ed
2 Apr 2009 — 2:36am
Sorry, couldn't attach the image.
Hosted here
2 Apr 2009 — 2:48am
Edward, it’s Goudy Old Style.
2 Apr 2009 — 2:49am
Hi Edward,
that’s Goudy Old Style Italic.
2 Apr 2009 — 3:09am
So it is. How embarrassing, I had it on the computer all the time. Guess I never really looked at the italic before though, it's always been the roman lower case g that shouted Goudy to me ...
Thank you!