Alien Typeset Study

Typeset in the Future is the epitome of goodness on the Internet. It's a site dedicated to exhaustive exploration on a niche topic - typography in sci-fi films. The latest posting, an exploration of Alien, covers a lot of ground. Debating whether or not Helvetica or Futura was used is mostly uninteresting (to me) but the insights about the Purge screen overlaps with Blade Runner or the control panel buttons featuring Sanskrit iconography is wildly engaging.

I'm looking forward to digging into the Moon, 2001: A Space Odyssey and Eurostile spottings posts next.