Thanks this is super helpful!
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On Tue, Apr 14, 2015 at 5:05 PM, Stephen Broomer
<stephen_broo...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Shumona,
> I can’t speak to whether there used to be a standard font, however, if you
> see a font that you like in a film, you can use a font identifier website
> like this one: https://www.myfonts.com/WhatTheFont/
> <https://www.myfonts.com/WhatTheFont/>
> Just take a screen cap and upload it and it will give you a range of fonts
> that are the same or similar.
> It’s my experience from having rephotographed a number of films from digital
> intermediates that the harsh digital look of titles softens through
> photography to 16mm or Super 8. For example, the title at the head of this,
> which was generated in Photoshop and then rephotographed to 16mm (this is a
> scan from 16mm). I believe this was in the Optima family:
> https://vimeo.com/60809200 <https://vimeo.com/60809200>
> Another possible option would be to use traditional graphic design tools and
> forego generating titles with a computer altogether. For example, you could
> choose a font you like and search for a letraset sheet of it, etch out the
> titles onto card stock and shoot them on the animation stand. I’ve done that
> a few times and I think it’s pretty effective.
> Hope this helps!
> Stephen
>> On Apr 14, 2015, at 2:27 AM, Shumona Goel <shumonag...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Dear Frameworks,
>>
>> We have recently made a short 16mm film / Super 8 too.
>>
>> We are planning to shoot the titles with an animation stand this week. We
>> have found the font options are very digital looking and wonder if there is
>> a standard font that used to be used for titles.
>>
>> Sorry for the banality of this question!
>>
>> Warmest,
>> Shumona
>>
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