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TDC Movie Night in LA: A Night Highlighting Typography in the Film Industry
September 11, 2018The title of a movie is the first connection a viewer has with a film. From the moment a friend asks “Did you see that movie?” its title is the element with which your brain identifies the experience. But the look of that title its often relegated to a second plane. We believe that good … Read more
Tagged film, graphic design, Los Angeles, movie titles, TV titles, type design, typography | Leave a commentRoss MacDonald: Hidden in Plain Sight—Props for Film, Television, and Theater
March 7, 2018Ross MacDonald is perhaps best known as an illustrator, yet all the while he has led a secret double life designing and fabricating props for over 40 movies and television series. He has made everything from the book Bradley Cooper’s character throws out the window in Silver Linings Playbook, to the titular Book of Secrets … Read more
Tagged film, historical type, prop styling, salon, theater, typography | Leave a commentSign Painters: Special Film Screening
Directed by Faythe Levine & Samuel Macon
August 13, 2014
The Type Directors Club opens its doors for an intimate, one-night only screening in celebration of the Sign Painters film. A follow up to TDC’s 2012 “New Modernist Type” book signing, we proudly extend the invitation to view Faythe Levine and Samuel Macon’s beautiful documentary on the big screen. There was a time, as recently … Read more
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