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The Trajan Horse: Hollywood's Font of Wisdom

Dec 17, 2007, 06:00 AM | by Marc Bernardin

Categories: Advertising, Apropos of Nothing, Film

I like fonts as much as the next guy. I use 'em every day, even if I knee-jerk back to dear old Courier a little too often. But this here video reveals Hollywood's deepest, darkest font obsession.


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Jane Tue, Dec 18, 2007 at 12:20 AM EST

And the runner up for most over-used font is...Ablefont (aka, the "Harry Potter" font) - seriously, that stuff is used everywhere too (It's like Trajan on happy pills - a little less self-serious, what with it's disjointed letter-lengths).

Jane Tue, Dec 18, 2007 at 12:20 AM EST

And the runner up for most over-used font is...Ablefont (aka, the "Harry Potter" font) - seriously, that stuff is used everywhere too (It's like Trajan on happy pills - a little less self-serious, what with it's disjointed letter-lengths).

Jane Tue, Dec 18, 2007 at 12:17 AM EST

And the runner up for most over-used font is...Ablefont (aka, the "Harry Potter" font) - seriously, that stuff is used everywhere too (It's like Trajan on happy pills - a little less self-serious, what with it's disjointed letter-lengths).

joopter Mon, Dec 17, 2007 at 01:03 PM EST

That was fantastic. I'm officially deleting Trajan out of my Suitcase in the morning.

Andrea Mon, Dec 17, 2007 at 11:33 AM EST

Also a graphic designer and that was GREAT. Fonts & movies, my two favorite things in life:)

GOB Mon, Dec 17, 2007 at 09:38 AM EST

Font geeks unite! I'm a graphic designer, and rarely use Trajan (I prefer Adobe Garamond). However, it's a classic font and obviously does its best to lend credibility to the films it promotes. There are so many beautiful sans serifs out there (Gotham, Avenir, Franklin Gothic, Paralucent) I'm surprised they seem to be reserved for stupid comedies. Glad to see the video makes Comic Sans the butt of a joke (one of the worst fonts ever, along with Arial).


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