How to make your text look futuristic (2016)

(typesetinthefuture.com)

70 points | by _vaporwave_ 1 hour ago

7 comments

  • Animats 18 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...

  • riffraff 38 minutes ago
    Typeset in the future was awesome, too bad it stopped updating
  • giancarlostoro 53 minutes 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 41 minutes 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 30 minutes ago
        Might have to snag it, and like you say, keep it laying around as a coffee table book somewhere. :)
  • xiaoyu2006 41 minutes ago
    A genuinely fun post.
  • QuercusMax 53 minutes ago
    This should have a (2016)
  • timebeforeland 33 minutes ago
    Is this a joke..?