(x) Woody Allen's "Celebrity" - Windsor Cd {Yves}

franzlt
19.Jan.2005 2.26am
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Hi, can anyone help me to identify the type of Celebrity's logo from Woody Allen's Movie?
thanks a lot!!!

I agree with your ID for this, but I can surely think of other fonts that Woody has used for his movie titles, even though I am not in a position to prove my claim.

It could be a good Typophile Trivia (if there was such a forum) thread.

I may research this a bit, just to make my point. Which others do you know that use Windsor Condensed?


I just spent some time at this site for Woody Allen Movies and based on the images they show for his films, I saw only three that used Windsor Condensed (Sweet & Lowdown, Celebrity and Everyone says I Love you) -- three movies made between 1996 and 1999.

Maybe that was Woody's "Windsor Period"?

The type for the other films ran a very wide range of styles from ITC Anna to Bodoni to Bookman and even some that were hand lettered. I think he even used Trajan once -- shudder!


Ah, OK. That would be much harder to research. I will yield to your expert opinion and experience.


I'm with Yves on this one - the Woodman's opening titles are a real signature: black background, Windsor font, stars listed alphabetically, tinkly jazz. They've looked this way for decades and have no relationship, design-wise to his posters.

I was actually asked to rip them off for a student film some years ago.

Dig the new pic, Yves.


Patricia, Yves has got the gangster hip-hop look now.


You mean Belmondo meets the Rock?


Windsor Condensed - just like Stanley Kubrick is obsessed
with Futura Black, Woody Allen uses (almost?) exclusively
Windsor for the titling of all his movies.


I meant the on-screen titling - the credits and stuff before
and after the movie - not the posters/movie logos. I was
assuming this is a screen grab.


New pic? Nah, that's just me being paranoi... huh?! Who was that?!


Nah. Sexy Pirate Rock Star. :^D


Cut it out, willya! LOL