TYPOGRAPHY ON TELEVISION
MADDIE FRASER
COMD 204
TV Guide
3 The Office–Slab Serif The office is a mockumentary sitcom television series that captures the everyday lives of the office employees at the Dunder Mifflin Paper Company. The series aired from March 24th, 2005 to May 16th 2013 and had nine seasons.
4 Modern Family–Sans Serif & Didone
Modern Family is a mockumentary sitcom show that revolves around three types of families who are interrelated to Jay Pritchett and his children. The series aired from September 23rd, 2009 to April 8th, 2020 and had eleven seasons.
5 The Crown–Old Style
The Crown is a historical drama television series about the reign of Queen Elizabeth II. The show aired November 4th, 2016 and the show currently has three seasons.
6 Pretty Little Liars–Script
Pretty Little Liars is an teen drama mystery thriller television series.The series follows the lives of four high school girls whose clique falls apart after the disappearance of their leader. The show aired June 8th, 2010 to June 27th, 2017 and had seven seasons.
7 Stranger Things–Sans Serif
Stranger Things is set in the 1980s inthe first season focuses on the investigation into the disappearance of a young boy amid supernatural events occurring around the town, including the appearance of a girl with psychokinetic abilities. It was aired July 15th 2016 and currently has three seasons.
the office
American Typewriter Slab Serif Clarendon Medium X-height Created by Joel Kaden and Tony Stan 1974
“I have a wig for every single person in the office.” Dwight Schrute
modern family
Helvetica Sans Serif Neo-grotesque Low contrast Closed aperture Large X-height Created by Max Miedinger, Eduard Hoffman 1957
“When life gives you lemonade, make lemons. Life will be like whaaat?� Phil Dunphy
Didot Didone Serif Roman Thick and thin strokes vertical and rationalist axis Created by Firmin Didot 1784
THE CROWN
Garamond Old-style Serif Medium contrast Low x-height Created by Claude Garamond 16th Century
“That’s the thing about unhappiness. All it takes is for something worse to come along and you realize it was actually happiness after all.” Queen Elizabeth ll
Bickham Script Script High contrast Small x-hieght Created by Richard Lipton based off of George Bickham’s engravings 18th Century
“Friends tell each other secrets, that’s what keeps us close.” Alison DiLaurentis
STRANGER THINGS
ITC Benguiat Gothic Display serif Humanist High x-height Created by Edward Benguiat 1978
“Friends don’t lie.” Eleven
COLOPHON Printed in Canada Surrey, British Columbia Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication Maddie Fraser, editor Type on TV/ Maddie Fraser; COMD204-Project1 Type Safari. ISBN 975-1-696359-81-7 (pbk.) 1. Student project. 2. Illustration and Communication Design--Classroom. Emily Carr University of Art + Design, host institution Typography on Television. N8236.P35B83 2015
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