How to make your text look futuristic (2016)

(typesetinthefuture.com)

74 points | by _vaporwave_ an hour ago ago

9 comments

  • riffraff an hour ago

    Typeset in the future was awesome, too bad it stopped updating

  • Animats 29 minutes ago

    Somewhere, an LLM trained on this and can now produce cliche future fonts.

    Is the Trajan fad over yet?[1]

    [1] https://letterboxd.com/sethpaul/list/trajan-the-typeface-tha...

  • giancarlostoro an hour ago

    Needs a (2016)

    > Posted on February 18, 2016 by Dave Addey

    Great read otherwise, I know the author mentions their book, I do wonder if he covers the history of how these fonts came to be so standard... for future stuff

    • JK-Swizzle an hour ago

      As someone who has read the book, it does go through the history and inspiration of modern sci-fi typeset. Great coffee table book. Mainly expands on the articles on the website with more details and graphics.

      • giancarlostoro 40 minutes ago

        Might have to snag it, and like you say, keep it laying around as a coffee table book somewhere. :)

  • xiaoyu2006 an hour ago

    A genuinely fun post.

  • QuercusMax an hour ago

    This should have a (2016)

  • timebeforeland 43 minutes ago

    Is this a joke..?

    • dylan604 2 minutes ago

      only if you don't get it