#1
Posted: 10/11/15 at 1:07am
My vote:
Keeping BroadwayWorld Illustrated
Most iconic musical theatre typeface
#2
Posted: 10/11/15 at 1:10am
And it's Caslon Antique, before anyone asks.
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#3
Posted: 10/11/15 at 1:12am
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#4
Posted: 10/11/15 at 1:19am
LizzieCurry said: "And it's Caslon Antique, before anyone asks."
Who knew!
Keeping BroadwayWorld Illustrated
#5
Posted: 10/11/15 at 1:47am
I don't know...
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#6
Posted: 10/11/15 at 9:44am
Wouldn't that be more considered a type treatment than a typeface? It's a fairly standard, stately serif (Baskerville?) that's had an effect applied to it.
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#7
Posted: 10/11/15 at 12:44pm
Interestingly, like PHANTOM before it, I think the upcoming B'way staging of AMERICAN PYSCHO will also be using that gimmick.
#8
Posted: 10/11/15 at 1:16pm
And I still say the American Psycho team is gambling with their treatment since it's a bit more difficult to read.
#9
Posted: 10/11/15 at 2:41pm
Seems like this is more of a logo thread than a typeface thread.
And man, that word "iconic" has really lost its meaning.
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#10
Posted: 10/11/15 at 3:01pm
What about RENT? (I don't know how to insert a photo.)
#11
Posted: 10/11/15 at 3:15pm
Keeping BroadwayWorld Illustrated
#12
Posted: 10/11/15 at 4:00pm
Cats used unique letters on their logo that were pretty recognizable.
#14
Posted: 10/11/15 at 4:17pm
Does anyone else find the font for the Sweeney Todd revival to be really similar to Wicked's font?
#15
Posted: 10/11/15 at 4:19pm
Replace the titles with other words, and see if the font is still recognizable.
#16
Posted: 10/11/15 at 5:30pm
The Sweeney Todd revival font and Wicked font are not just similar. They are the same font. It's called Ravenscroft. Wicked just uses a larger lowercase "W" and capital letters for the rest of the word.
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#19
Posted: 10/12/15 at 6:13am
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#20
Posted: 10/12/15 at 8:09am
two came to my mind immediately:
#21
Posted: 10/12/15 at 8:21am
Originally done for the film, but often used for subsequent stage productions and instantly identifiable.
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#22
Posted: 10/12/15 at 8:50am
A lot of these are very good choices, but the one that came to mind instantly for me was Les Miserables.
Also, maybe I wouldn't necessarily call it "iconic" but I think the font for this one is pretty well known in the theatre world:
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#23
Posted: 10/12/15 at 9:47am
Don't know how to post images, but you guys do know there's a very common classic font called PLAYBILL, don't you? (Oddly, I don't know if Broadway's Playbill Magazine ever used it.) Looks like a classic seriphed Western font.
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