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Slanted letters denoting wackiness still being used on posters in 2013
Movie Feature | Ali Gray | 16th November 2013
Honestly, it's like we've learned nothing from Silver Linings Playbook.
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Kristen Wiig: "Slightly angled Magenta Futura 'til I die"
Movie Feature | Ali | 26th May 2013
Kristen Wiig really has cornered the market in movie posters featuring diagonal Futura bold type in 100% Magenta. If she died tomorrow, her gravestone would be white marble with pink, slanted, Futura lettering: "Here lies Kristen Wiig (1974-2013). She was in Bridesmaids, then she died."
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Assessing the jauntiness of Silver Linings Playbook from its myriad logos
Movie Feature | Ali | 19th November 2012
The poor bastards in charge of Silver Linings Playbook in the UK have their work cut out for them, given that the film features no aliens, robots or vampires. What it does have is people with mental illness. How best to represent that on the poster? Why, jaunty lettering, of course!
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