Futura: the 1927 sans in Wes Anderson’s films
The 1927 geometric sans of circles and straight lines.
Futura
ABCDEFGHIJKLM NOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklm nopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789
- 48Quartz
- 32Judge my vow
- 24Sphinx of black quartz
- 18Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
- 14Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
Preview uses Jost, the closest free match.
In use, with Crimson Pro
Edit the words to try your own. The pairing tool has more body fonts.
Some roads only go one way.
The Long Way Home
Two brothers, one borrowed car and a thousand miles of coast between them and the funeral. In cinemas this spring.
History
- Paul Renner designed Futura, released by the Bauer type foundry in 1927.[1]
Who uses it
- Wes Anderson films including Bottle Rocket, Rushmore, The Royal Tenenbaums and Fantastic Mr. Fox[1]
- Barbara Kruger's artworks[1]
- The Diamonds Are Forever title sequence[1]
- Frank Ocean's Blonde cover, in a customised Futura[1]
Sources
The free alternative
Jost is geometric in the same way: near-circular O, pointed A and M, short x-height.
Body fonts that go with Jost:
- Crimson ProAn old-style serif body against perfect geometry is a classic contrast.
- LoraCalligraphic serif shapes soften the strict circles of the heading.
- KarlaA grotesque body with a larger x-height, easier at small sizes than a geometric.
Other fonts
- TrajanRoman inscription capitals, and the movie poster font.
- HelveticaThe Swiss sans that ended up on subway signs and airline logos.
- ArialDrawn to the same widths as Helvetica, shipped with Windows.
- GothamWide geometric capitals taken from New York building signs.
- ImpactA 1965 Sheffield display face that became the meme font.
- GaramondSixteenth century Paris type, revived many times since.
- Times New RomanMade for a London newspaper in 1932, then shipped with Windows.
- DidotHigh contrast French type, and the look of fashion magazines.
- BaskervilleA Birmingham printer’s sharper, lighter serif from the 1750s.
- Comic SansDrawn in 1994 for the speech bubbles in Microsoft Bob.
- CourierAn IBM typewriter face that screenplays never gave up.
- RobotoGoogle's Android system font since 2011.