What font was used in 2001 A Space Odyssey?

Futura
For the 2001: A Space Odyssey poster, Kubrick instead chose Futura which, as we’ll see, was one of his favourite fonts. And another fascinating connection between the moon landings and Kubrick’s film is that the plaque left on the moon by the American astronauts to celebrate its “conquest” was also engraved in Futura.

Who invented Futura?

Paul Renner
Tommy ThompsonEdwin W. Shaar
Futura/Designer

When was Futura created?

1927
German type designer Paul Renner began work on the Futura typeface in 1924 as a contribution to the New Frankfurt project (an affordable housing project which drew support and design contribution from many esteemed architects). Futura was released by The Bauer Type Foundry in 1927.

What font did Kubrick use?

While Stanley Kubrick’s favorite typeface was the sci-fi popular Futura, he decided to go with Gill Sans for the typeface of choice when designing the title graphic for 2001: A Space Odyssey. Another modern typeface, Kubrick appreciated the clean look of the sans serif typeface.

What font did Stanley Kubrick use?

Kubrick indeed loved Futura, the legendary typeface he used for nearly all of the posters and titles for his films starting with 2001: A Space Odyssey.

What was Futura inspired by?

Futura’s capitals are inspired by Roman square capitals, with considerable variation in width. Grotesque sans-serifs on the nineteenth-century model such as Helvetica have capitals that are more uniform in width.

What font is used in Clockwork Orange?

It’s named Stromberg Graphic. To my knowledge, it’s the only published alphabet design by Harvey Stromberg, made for Photo-Lettering and listed in their 1971 catalog.

What makes a font futuristic?

What defines a typeface as Futurist is the mass and dynamic direction of the letters, an aerodynamic quality that is well expressed in this book jacket designed in 1933 by Zoran (it somewhat mimics Fortunato Depero’s style) that I found the other day.

What is the Sci Fi font?

Eurostile Bold Extended The origin font for many sci-fi titles.

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