Saul Bass lettering

Margor
18.Sep.2008 1.10am
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does anybody know of typefaces that look similar to what Bass did for Anatomy Of A Murder or The Man With The Golden Arm?




jazzhustler
18.Sep.2008 1.20am
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’Hitchcock’ font is similar to ’The Man With The Golden Arm’ font, but not the same - go to this site for more info.

http://typographica.org/001110.php

JH


jazzhustler
18.Sep.2008 1.36am
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PS, you might also want to try ’Shag Lounge’ by House industries.

http://www.houseind.com/index.php?page=showfont&id=22&subpage=viewfontsp...

JH


Mike F
18.Sep.2008 1.44am
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Henry Hughes created three fonts inspired by Saul Bass’s lettering back in 2002. His old website is defunct, but I found them here.


jazzhustler
18.Sep.2008 1.46am
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PPS, there’s a font called ’Joey’ that’s not a bad match for ’Anatomy..’, but I can’t for the life of me remember where I bought it from.

JH


Margor
18.Sep.2008 2.35am
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thank you! Hitchcock looks nice.
some contextual alternates would make it even better.


karen_h
18.Sep.2008 6.12am
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I’m not certain, though I wouldn’t be surprised if it was hand-lettering.
A few years back I had the opportunity to repackage the book the “Anatomy of a Murder” movie was based on. At the time, a design with no resemblance to Saul Bass’ iconic poster was in place. I pushed to revert back to using Saul Bass’s iconic movie poster image on the cover. And when I needed to add the “#1 Bestseller” line I found the font Hatmaker to be the closest match I could find at the time. Not perfect—but a similar feel. (And just for for fun here is the package for the first edition of the book back in 1958)


dezcom
18.Sep.2008 6.43am
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Karen,
Thanks for posting the old cover! It reminds me of my youth and how far we have come in this design business.

ChrisL


Ignacio
18.Sep.2008 7.02am
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For “The Man with The Golden Arm” Look in FontDiner Square Meal and Square Meal Hearty in the County Fair Picnic font set.

http://www.FontDiner.com