Does the Back To The Future logo really count? Raiders of the Lost Ark as a very similar style but does not evoke "future". Yes, there are subtle differences. My point is, if you divorced them from the connection to their content I think it would be hard to point to one as "future" and the other as "not future"
At the 1996 ATypI meeting in Den Haag, one of the speakers coined the term “sterotypography” to refer to certain cliches that get used in type usage. Another case of this is the use of Neuland and Neuland Inline to represent Africa, and of course the assortment of faux Chinese fonts that were ubiquitous on Chinese takeout menus in the 80s and 90s (and probably still are, but are there still takeout menus in the era of Grubhub?).
Great read otherwise, I know the author mentions their book, I do wonder if he covers the history of how these fonts came to be so standard... for future stuff
As someone who has read the book, it does go through the history and inspiration of modern sci-fi typeset. Great coffee table book. Mainly expands on the articles on the website with more details and graphics.
I dunno, it’s kinda futuristic, but it’s missing the faux 3d effect where it appears to have warped up close to you and left a trail of light behind it, like the Star Trek example of the end. Nothing says “future” like fake 3d effects.
I kind of wish they had used something other than Eurostyle for the starting font in their example since it is already a font that has become associated with sci-fi.
Still a great article though! More of this please!
Does the Back To The Future logo really count? Raiders of the Lost Ark as a very similar style but does not evoke "future". Yes, there are subtle differences. My point is, if you divorced them from the connection to their content I think it would be hard to point to one as "future" and the other as "not future"
At the 1996 ATypI meeting in Den Haag, one of the speakers coined the term “sterotypography” to refer to certain cliches that get used in type usage. Another case of this is the use of Neuland and Neuland Inline to represent Africa, and of course the assortment of faux Chinese fonts that were ubiquitous on Chinese takeout menus in the 80s and 90s (and probably still are, but are there still takeout menus in the era of Grubhub?).
Needs a (2016)
> Posted on February 18, 2016 by Dave Addey
Great read otherwise, I know the author mentions their book, I do wonder if he covers the history of how these fonts came to be so standard... for future stuff
As someone who has read the book, it does go through the history and inspiration of modern sci-fi typeset. Great coffee table book. Mainly expands on the articles on the website with more details and graphics.
Might have to snag it, and like you say, keep it laying around as a coffee table book somewhere. :)
"Somewhere"
And then there is the papyrus font for avatar…
I know what you did!
It's tribal, yet futuristic.
They can't keep getting away with it!
For those who don't get it https://youtu.be/jVhlJNJopOQ
Avatar 6 and 7 planned (there's a joke there somewhere).
Papyrus on the big screen 'til mid-to-late 2030s.
At least it wasn't Comic Papyrus...?
I dunno, it’s kinda futuristic, but it’s missing the faux 3d effect where it appears to have warped up close to you and left a trail of light behind it, like the Star Trek example of the end. Nothing says “future” like fake 3d effects.
Somewhere, an LLM trained on this and can now produce cliche future fonts.
Is the Trajan fad over yet?[1]
[1] https://letterboxd.com/sethpaul/list/trajan-the-typeface-tha...
Typeset in the future was awesome, too bad it stopped updating
Missing The Terminator. Also applies to Wipeout, a game with some of my favorite logo and design work.
I kind of wish they had used something other than Eurostyle for the starting font in their example since it is already a font that has become associated with sci-fi.
Still a great article though! More of this please!
I think the author is aware: https://typesetinthefuture.com/2014/11/29/fontspots-eurostil...
Nice! Thanks!
Funny. I just googled this site 2 hours ago for a font inspiration for a makerspace logo.
Michroma is a Google Font alternative for Eurostile.
> the devastating Kern Wars of 2067
Do we know who won those wars?
Had the other side won, we would know them as the Kem Wars.
To be honest I've had a lot of difficulty telling the two sides apart
From the result there, looks like each faction got to keep some terrain.
A genuinely fun post.
I agree! A refreshing interlude to the cybersecurity postmortems and corporate layoff news.
this is exactly the ESPN logo as well
Ironically (I’m sure with intent). This looks super 80s.
My first thought was "that's just the star trek font".
Very tongue-in-cheek
Futura Free
This should have a (2016)
Who knew back then that we'd go from less design to no design at all produced by machines.
Is this a joke..?
only if you don't get it