Dune (1984) titles

Published January 26, 2023
Contributed by Toshi Omagari


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Albertus finds itself in another sci-fi cult classic. The opening credit is done in golden 3D lettering, with some modification to the letterform: U has no bottom-right stem, R tail is longer than usual, ampersand uses the alternate form, and J is a non-descending alternate which was originally a standard variant when the typeface was released. According to the ending credits, Robert Schaefer and the company called Title House are responsible for the work.




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After the opening exposition and credit, the second exposition starts (this film has a lot of background exposition, which is still not enough to fully make sense of itself, and often the main point of its criticism). The planet names are typeset in ITC Avant Garde Gothic.




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Small caps are simply scaled caps with no weight adjustment.




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The ending credit is set in Helvetica.



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