Comments on: One Font to Rule Them All

By: Joe

Joe — Wed, 31 May 2006 19:59:03 +0000

Fer chrissake, they’ve even used a variant of this font on “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre”! Follow the herd…

By: admin

admin — Tue, 23 May 2006 17:26:51 +0000

Yes, I believe this is covered in the comments section. ;)

By: Pulse

Pulse — Tue, 23 May 2006 17:01:16 +0000

yes, neither of the fonts used in the 2 examples this article are Trajan!! yikes

By: admin

admin — Mon, 18 Jul 2005 16:35:44 +0000

Thanks for the info complete with “show your work” images — always appreciated.

Maybe we should have called The Cimarron Group and asked what typeface they used in the Gladiator poster. I’m glad I included those two “type ID” links in this post because clearly they are needed to cover the mistakes on this weblog when writing about typography. ;)

By: Jeff Croft

Jeff Croft — Mon, 18 Jul 2005 16:31:28 +0000

Indeed Gladiator is not Trajan — but it’s quite similar. As much as I do think Trajan is beautiful, it’s quickly becoming so overdone as to be annoying. I’d suggest avoiding it whenever possible, just because of that.

By: Grant Hutchinson

Grant Hutchinson — Mon, 18 Jul 2005 16:15:40 +0000

I believe that the Gladiator logo is based on Monotype's Castellar face. Castellar is an engraved or inline design and those details have been removed. The finer details in the serifs and stroke connections have also been obscured by the texture applied over the logo. Here's a visual comparison for reference: http://www.flickr.com/photos/splorp/26852439/

By: admin

admin — Mon, 18 Jul 2005 01:18:04 +0000

Cheshire tells me the GLADIATOR logo isn’t using Trajan. (I guess it will count as one of the many “similar” faces used.) My disdain for IDing or writing intelligently about typography is well known. :( Anyone care to comment further on the face being used?