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Summary:

In Typeset in the Future, blogger and designer'Dave Addey invites sci-fi movie'fans on a journey through seven genre-defining classics, discovering how they create compelling visions of the future through typography and design.'The book delves deep into'2001: A Space Odyssey,'Star Trek:'The Motion Picture,'Alien,'Blade Runner,'Total Recall,'WALL'E, and'Moon, studying the design tricks and inspirations that make each film transcend mere celluloid and become a believable reality.'These studies are illustrated by'film'stills, concept art, type specimens, and ephemera, plus original'interviews with Mike Okuda (Star Trek), Paul Verhoeven (Total Recall), and Ralph Eggleston and Craig Foster (Pixar).'Typeset in the Future'is an obsessively geeky study of how classic sci-fi movies draw us in to their imagined worlds'and how they have come to represent 'THE FUTURE' in popular culture.

Author/Creator:

Addey, Dave

Contributors:

Seitz, Matt Zoller

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

Typeset in the future: typography and design in science fiction movies [by Addey, D.]

Other Related Resources:

Print version: Typeset in the future [by Addey, D.] (New York : Abrams, 2018 — ISBN 1419727141; ISBN 9781419727146; OCLC Number 1024116989)

Subjects:

Science fiction films — History and criticism

Type and type-founding

Science fiction films

Genres:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

General Notes:

Title from resource description page (Recorded Books, viewed April 27, 2020).

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Digital Characteristics:

text file

Call Numbers:

PN1995.9.S26 A334 2018eb

ISBNs:

9781683353348 (electronic bk.)
168335334X
1419727141 [Invalid]
9781419727146 [Invalid]

OCLC Numbers:

1152282583