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Mission Impossible’s Impossible Font Choice

Posted By on January 25, 2012

Mission Impossible Ghost Protocol

Have you seen the latest Mission Impossible?

Did you like it?

Did you notice the font used for the subtitles and captions?

This guy did:

Matthew Butterick

Have you ever heard of him?

Matthew Butterick is a type designer. He has a degree in art from Harvard, focusing on graphic design and typography.

After seeing director Brad Bird’s film, he sent Bird a letter regarding the font choice used for captions and subtitles in the film.

For all of you who love good typography, please, read and enjoy!

You’re welcome ;-) .

[via MB Type]

About Eric Dye: I am a digital tentmaker / missionary to Italy. I ♥ 8BIT, ChurchMag and justice. I blog sometimes.

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9 Responses to “Mission Impossible’s Impossible Font Choice”

  1. Mediastry
    January 26, 2012 at #

    GREAT movie…but an even greater letter :) Personally, I’d like to see the response (if would comes) from Brad Bird.

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  2. Dustin W. Stout
    January 26, 2012 at #

    Ha! That’s awesome!

    Loved the movie– hated the subtitles as well.

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  3. Josh Wagner
    January 26, 2012 at #

    One word: Zing…

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  4. Craig Allen
    January 30, 2012 at #

    Did he send a similar letter to James Cameron for Avatar? You know what I’m talking about…

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    • Dustin W. Stout
      January 30, 2012 at #

      Agh! The dreaded Papyrus font… I couldn’t believe my eyes when I saw that pop up. Totally took the movie down a notch for me.

      Reply
    • Eric Dye
      January 31, 2012 at #

      You know that’s right!

      Reply
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