Font Exhaustion
Tuesday, August 5th, 2008The popular technology blog 10,000 WORDS.NET has published a humorous commentary on fonts that have been exhausted through overuse in popular culture.
Where have I seen that font before?
The only font missing from the article is the infamous Comic Sans. During our logo design process, we are often drawn to a small subset of elegant fonts. As thousands of other designers use a similar set of fonts for their designs, we will eventually reach a point when modern fonts will be on such lists.
Trajan - The Movie Font
The article also links to a video that highlights “The Movie Font” - Trajan. This font has been heavily used in the film industry, and is featured on trailers, starting credits, posters, and DVD covers. It is truly amazing how many titles have been released with identical font use.
It’s an amusing article, and you will recognise all of these fonts at glance. Definitely worth a read. You can find the article here.