Jump to content
The latest typography links delivered straight to your inbox.

the font on the image below belongs to a poster of the movie Woman of Straw

Go to solution Solved by Kevin Thompson,

Recommended Posts

  • Solution
Kevin Thompson

It is from the poster of the 1964 film Woman of Straw.

While Pablo Ferro did the actual title sequence that opened the film, I have had no luck tracking down the designer of the poster (which does not share imagery or typefaces with the title sequence).

Given the year of production, it is likely hand lettering, not a typeface (not finding a match).

However, the cast list on the left could be approximated with Tuesnight, which was inspired by 1960s movie poster lettering.

  • Like 1
Link to comment
Ron Wolpa

I failed to mention that the font is not from the original poster art that now I attach below.   It is the art for a DVD cover what makes me believe it may be a typeface.   Thank you for your answers. 

by the way I loved Tuesnight.

 

womanof.jpg

Link to comment
Colin Mills

I was trained in Graphic Design at the West of England College of Art in the early sixties - we painted all designs and typography in Windsor & Newton gouache tube paint for all types of our design projects and this included painting with brushes all sizes of type down to six point lettering (the latter using a Sable triple (000) brush!!). For posters and leaflets  - hand designed lettering was often used in place of hot metal typesetting styles or using the expensive Letraset which the college could not afford. Can you actually imagine that if a client requested a change of colour of ANY aspect of your design then the whole design would require repainting (instead of clicking a few keystrokes that is all it takes today). Designers have so much more scope and faster production simplicity today.

  • Like 1
  • very interesting! 1
Link to comment

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now

Our partners

Get to your apps and creative work. Explore curated inspiration, livestream learning, tutorials, and creative challenges.
Discover the Best Deals for Freelance Designers.
Discover the fonts from the Germany foundry FDI Type. A brand of Schriftkontor Ralf Herrmann.
The largest selection of professional fonts for any project. Over 130,000 available fonts, and counting.
Download the blackletter font FDI Wiking for free …
×
×
  • Create New...

Important Information

We are placing functional cookies on your device to help make this website better.