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[TarenCapel]

Greetings

Does anyone know what font is generally used for the title sequences of the Bond films?

Cheers

TC

[TheSaint]

I know that the font for Tomorrow Never Dies is Serpentine.

[Johnboy007]

Allow me to tack on another font question for this thread.

Which font is used in the recent US Penguin releases?

[License To Kill]

I know that the font for Tomorrow Never Dies is Serpentine.

Now how did you come of this knowledge?

Could you just tell because of your excellent font-interpreting skills?

[Harmsway]

I know that the font for Tomorrow Never Dies is Serpentine.

Now how did you come of this knowledge?

Could you just tell because of your excellent font-interpreting skills?

It's actually because it's been released as the Tomorrow Never Dies font on a lot of websites. You can find it to download by searching for it - I've got it. It's definitely the right font.

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Which font is used in the recent US Penguin releases?

Check the publication details. They'll often list a typeset there. I know the UK font is in there on our releases.

I'm curious to know the font that's referred to in the original question, too.

[Qwerty]

I would think the font would change for certain main title sequences, but I'd have to check to be sure.

[[dark]]

I would think the font would change for certain main title sequences, but I'd have to check to be sure.

I think they do; sorry, I should have been more specific. I meant the font used in the Danny Kleinman sequences; it's the same one in all four.

[Qwerty]

I would think the font would change for certain main title sequences, but I'd have to check to be sure.

I think they do; sorry, I should have been more specific. I meant the font used in the Danny Kleinman sequences; it's the same one in all four.

Oh, yes, nothing to be sorry about. I was referring to all the fonts in the sequences before GoldenEye's and Danny Kleinman.

[Johnboy007]

It's ridiculous that you have to purchase fonts.

[Kingdom Come]

Binder used a different font to Kleinman.

[stromberg]

Difficult question about fonts.. wich ones were used?

Let's see what I can say out of the top of my head (just consulting artojamesbond.com, no hour-long reserach in some fontbook)

DN - TB are a mixture of handdrawn (name of the film itself) and either Helvetica or Univers (don't forget that there are variations like Bold, Light, Condensed, Extended). I'd say that it's a Univers (Univers Condensed Light is mostly used for billings on movie posters in general), but not 100% sure about it.
YOLT is something more special The opening credits use a Japanese style font (which may or may not be a special design), the end credits use a different one of which I don't know the name out of my head, but definitely some "known" font.
OHMSS - OP is the same as DN-TB, but there are no hand drawn elements used.
Exception is DAF, which completely uses Futura. (LTK uses a Univers Condensed for the movie title).

Then come the Kleinmann ones. Regular credits are the same as above.
Movie titles: GE is a modification of a known font (don't know name, will find out), TND is Serpentine indeed, the bold version. TWINE... omg, I'm getting old, what was that one... will find out.
DAD is "Britannic".

Which shows, that Binder's is the same as Kleinmann's, most of the time (I thought there are more different ones as well before doing this little research), KC. A timeless classic can work well for 40 years and nobody really notices it ( not even me, and I used to be a font geek).

This is, please note, only for the movie's credits. When it comes to poster design... well, that's something completely different.

And, Johnboy: it's not ridiculous that you have to pay for fonts. Sometimes it's ridiculous what quality you get for your money, yes. But if you ever tried to develop a font of your own, you won't say that it's ridiculous any longer. If it's properly done, there are weeks and months of work to be put into a good font. But there are people who say that it's ridiculous to pay money for music or watching movies as well...

[Triton]

Isn't the price of a font (typeface) largely determined by the royalties that are paid to desiger/type foundry to license their design?

Adobe PostScript fonts do seem expensive. But the output is just fantastic and professional looking when your documents are printed on a 3386 DPI Linotronic Imagesetter. At these resolutions, the difference between fonts becomes clear and seems worth every penny.

I would agree with Stromberg's guesses. Certainly you would be able to approximate the look of the title sequences using the fonts he mentioned. Either the font is Univers Light or Helvetica Light or a like-designed typeface inspired by either one of these typefaces to avoid paying royalties.