The Gunsmoke Mafia

I hope everyone had themselves a wonderful bright Saturday (well atleast here in Toronto).  Check out the table of typefaces (aka FONTS).  What’s interesting about this is that to the untrained eye, these are just different fonts….which they are! But to any graphic designer, these are some of the famous typefaces.  Hit the jump for some trivia/video on a couple fonts:

These fonts are very symbolic, as they are used in very notable publications and print/digital media.  For instance, take TA (Trajan), also known as the movie font.  It’s used in hundreds and hundreds of movie titles and dvd covers.

Or check out this trailer for a documentary called Helvetica, the most over used typeface ever.  Look at all the examples of where this font is used..