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The Typeset of Wall·E (2018)

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Re: The Typeset of Wall·E (2018)

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PaulRobinson wrote: post #25
ben_ wrote: post #4

Cool article but this first bit threw me off > The interpunct is still in use today—it’s the official decimal point in British currency (£9·99) When the linked wiki specifically points out that it isn't: > In British typography, the space dot was once used as the formal decimal point.

Stood out to me too, as was sure that was not true. I'm a native Brit, I'm on the wrong side of mid-40s, often read historical literature that uses pre-decimal currency (and notation), and have never seen an interpunct used at all, or heard it referenced in terms of British currency until today. Unfortunately, I'm the sort of pedant who on seeing somebody state an incorrect fact with such certainty, I doubt the verac…

Born in the late 70s, so also mid-40s, I worked retail in the 90s and older pricing guns often used a raised · rather than one aligned with the baseline, so I didn't doubt that it might have been common, or even official, in the past, when I read it. Such guns would sometimes have “old style” alignment with the baseline for the numbers¹ too.

The “still in use today” part is quite definitely wrong though.

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[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabic_numeral_variations#Old-...

Re: The Typeset of Wall·E (2018)

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crazygringo wrote: post #32
Log_out_ wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I wouldnt care about the money but i would care about the credits.

Fun fact: long credits at the end of the movie were invented by George Lucas for American Graffiti in 1973 [1]. He didn't have the money to pay everyone so he offered to put their names in the credits instead. And thus started a new chapter in the exploitation of film crews, where you don't get paid enough but hey, at least your name is in the credits. All the other producers were immediately like -- that's a genius…

That's amazing. I always wondered about watching old (1930s-1950s) movies where they would give credits to the lead cast at the start and just end with a "The End" card with no credits. I always wondered if they just cut the credits off, but I guess they never existed!

Re: The Typeset of Wall·E (2018)

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Post by java-man »

Amorymeltzer wrote: post #21

The book ( https://typesetinthefuture.com/2018/12/11/book/ >) is a fun read, too! I think it was David Plotz who said "read more books with pictures." Interviews, gorgeous looking, and does a good job showing the whole world you can miss by just watching a movie once (or even twice) without really seeing everything. It gives a good sense, too, of how movies first create the standards for "future" and then proceed to…

Thank you for recommendation, just bought one.

Re: The Typeset of Wall·E (2018)

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Post by pvorb »

Really nice article!

I'm not sure about the poster though. This is not necessarily communist, as this was just the style of propaganda posters of all kinds, that came up in the first half of the 20th century.

Personally, it reminds me more of a Nazi poster for the army, which includes tanks that look similar to these robots: https://c8.alamy.com/compde/r90frb/ss-freiwilligen-panzer-gr...

Re: The Typeset of Wall·E (2018)

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Post by pvorb »

crazygringo wrote: post #32
Log_out_ wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I wouldnt care about the money but i would care about the credits.

Fun fact: long credits at the end of the movie were invented by George Lucas for American Graffiti in 1973 [1]. He didn't have the money to pay everyone so he offered to put their names in the credits instead. And thus started a new chapter in the exploitation of film crews, where you don't get paid enough but hey, at least your name is in the credits. All the other producers were immediately like -- that's a genius…

I'm always amazed by how long video game credits got over the years.

Re: The Typeset of Wall·E (2018)

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Post by autoexec »

jhbadger wrote: post #44
crazygringo wrote: post #32

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Fun fact: long credits at the end of the movie were invented by George Lucas for American Graffiti in 1973 [1]. He didn't have the money to pay everyone so he offered to put their names in the credits instead. And thus started a new chapter in the exploitation of film crews, where you don't get paid enough but hey, at least your name is in the credits. All the other producers were immediately like -- that's a genius…

That's amazing. I always wondered about watching old (1930s-1950s) movies where they would give credits to the lead cast at the start and just end with a "The End" card with no credits. I always wondered if they just cut the credits off, but I guess they never existed!

I'm just glad they stopped putting so many opening credits in films. It's basically insufferable to watch old movies with 10+minutes of opening credits. I'm annoyed by the 3-5 minutes of production credits at the start of movies today as it is.

Re: The Typeset of Wall·E (2018)

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Post by autoexec »

pvorb wrote: post #47
crazygringo wrote: post #32

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Fun fact: long credits at the end of the movie were invented by George Lucas for American Graffiti in 1973 [1]. He didn't have the money to pay everyone so he offered to put their names in the credits instead. And thus started a new chapter in the exploitation of film crews, where you don't get paid enough but hey, at least your name is in the credits. All the other producers were immediately like -- that's a genius…

I'm always amazed by how long video game credits got over the years.

I'm glad to see people recognized for their work, even in such a small way though. As they continue to scroll and you start to see titles like "2nd assistant to the HR Team Lead" I can't help but wonder how much is bloat and how much improved the games might be if the teams were leaner.

I'm also torn on the concept of "production babies" which is basically just acknowledging that some parent was forced to abandon their family and newborn child for weeks-months of crunch because of bullshit arbitrary release schedules

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