Typography of “Alien” (2014)

I really like these kinds of articles. I would have never noticed most of these details.<p>Enjoyed the carefully thought out icon design:<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;typesetinthefuture.files.wordpress.com&#x2F;2016&#x2F;06&#x2F;alien_semiotic_01_full.jpg" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;typesetinthefuture.files.wordpress.com&#x2F;2016&#x2F;06&#x2F;alien...</a><p>Cryogenic vault -- the blue triangle pointing down to a stick figure. Photonic system -- has the letter F shaped by what looks like fiber optic channels. Radiation hazard is great too -- a stick figure dead on the ground, with the sickly bright orange color filling the top of the square.<p>Then not all details could be consistent of course. And the whole self-destuct French vs English instruction bit was funny.<p>Then the completely off the wall stuff-- 70s psychadelics creeped into the keyboard design, that was fascinating. What else would you put on a self-destruct computer console than &quot;SHAKTI EXCESS&quot;, &quot;PADME&quot; and reference to a phychadelic trip?

Another great aspect of the first two Alien movies is that the musical score is very sparse and subtle. Those films don&#x27;t need to use constant music to tell the viewer what to think or feel or notice, which is an amazing effect on it&#x27;s own.

Sometimes I feel like I&#x27;m the only programmer who doesn&#x27;t have an interest in typography.

If you want to admire more of the typography and great aestetic of Alien, the 2014 game Alien: Isolation is perfect for that.<p>It pretty much encourages you to explore it&#x27;s decomissioned (and of course Alien infested) Sevastopol station, which is lovingly built to mirror the original movie aestetic and it&#x27;s full of terminals and other lore pieces :)

Reminds me of a similarly awesome blog deconstructing user interfaces in scifi: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.scifiinterfaces.com&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.scifiinterfaces.com&#x2F;</a>

The dissection of another classic -- Blade Runner on the same site:<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;typesetinthefuture.com&#x2F;2016&#x2F;06&#x2F;19&#x2F;bladerunner&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;typesetinthefuture.com&#x2F;2016&#x2F;06&#x2F;19&#x2F;bladerunner&#x2F;</a>

Here&#x27;s the video of the title sequence: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=bUtk96wURLE" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=bUtk96wURLE</a>

Sigh. I thought (before I saw the &quot;2014&quot;) that this was finally a new typesetinthefuture post.<p>I would love to see new entries there.

I found the typography of Interstellar interesting, if only because it may be the first time humanity has ever seen serifs in space.

For moon, it&#x27;s no wonder there&#x27;s so much similarity - they heydey of space travel was he &#x27;80s, so Moon goes for a deliberately &#x27;70s and &#x27;80s vibe. You see this again in The Martian, where somehow by coincidence his only entertainment is Disco and Zork.

It is oddly comforting to read this blog post, and compels me to post that, this is because a selection of the images, specifically the typographically focused ones, have been my default image posts on some boards for the passed couple of months. If it is a coincidence, one can see why, it is a beautiful film.

I also noticed the grammatical mistake on MU&#x2F;TH&#x2F;UR&#x27;s screen after interrogation: it should have been &#x27;Ensure&#x27;, not &#x27;Insure&#x27;!

Great article, but I have to laugh at the &quot;hamburger&quot; menu which slides the entire screen over just to show two links.

This is a brilliant angle on an defining movie, the fairly flippant (and genuinely amusing) tone of the article belying very serious and in depth research. Indeed as a hobbyist font nut, I&#x27;m inspired to whip out Illustrator to try and recreate some of the designs so well detailed here. The self-destruct keyboard alone is a gem, the graphics on which are a perfect example of the transition period from 70s to 80s design themes. Bravo for bringing a 37-year old movie so effectively back to life from such an original perspective. Wish I had seen this in 2014.

Is there a word to describe the kind of person who gets a hard-on when reading this kind of stuff? I&#x27;m asking for a friend.