For a while I’ve been collecting movie posters. They’re a great reference if you’re looking for a very large specimen of type. Often times, when I photograph pieces of lettering from catalogs or magazines you get a jagged effect from the half-toning. Theoretically, if your sample is bigger, then you have less chance of that finding it’s way into your typeface. A few months ago I had purchased a couple of poster lots that had interesting lettering, and I figured I could make some cool fonts. So, you unfold them and take a picture, and fold them back up. Then you put them in a box or envelope with a pile of other posters. You forget where they are. You forget what you have. Terrible problems I know. I had a few press books in the past that I picked up over the years. Then I figured that because the…    read more