Where Have You Gone Wayne Font(e)s?


The typeface Tony [Frewin] used to print it is exactly the same typeface Kubrick used for the posters and title sequences of Eyes Wide Shut and 2001. ‘It’s Futura Extra Bold,’ explains Tony. ‘It was Stanley’s favourite typeface. It’s sans serif. He liked Helvetica and Univers, too. Clean and elegant.’

from the franztastic ‘Citizen Kubrick’ article
in The Guardian Unlimited
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Wes Anderson’s also a fan of the font

and so are we

sum bonus Kubrick linky poos:

here lies the 2001 space station?

Stanley’s computer

Dr. Strangelove Dr. Strangelove

Clockwork Orange trading cards wrapper

2001: A Space Odyssey, the comic adaptation by Jack Kirby


head to Coudal Partners for a loatboad o’ mo hottt SK lynx!

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