The 21st Century titles Contributed by Stephen Coles on Apr 13th, 2016. Artwork published in 1967. © CBS Television. License: All Rights Reserved. The Twenty-First Century was a CBS documentary series hosted by Walter Cronkite that aired 1967–70. Focusing on modern technology, science, and predictions about the future, the show was a sequel to The Twentieth Century which covered historical events. The logo and opening titles are set in animated Schmalfette Grotesk, while end credits used a mix (see two shapes of ‘R’) of unidentified compressed grots. Thanks to Jessica Svendsen for the tip! Source: vimeo.com © CBS Television. License: All Rights Reserved. Source: www.youtube.com © CBS Television. License: All Rights Reserved. End credits from Surviving in Space, a 1968 episode. Source: www.youtube.com © CBS Television. License: All Rights Reserved. Why does Walter get his own ‘R’? Typefaces Formats Film/Video (867) Topics News (513) Technology (1214) Designers/Agencies Lou Dorfsman (5) Tagged withdocumentaries (119)TV show logos (139)TV series (156)CBS (28)title sequences (319)tight-not-touching (251)all caps (5958)animated type (318)lettering from alphabet sample (30) Artwork location United States (8298) In Sets Graphic (Litara Ung) (67) Film (Yulia Gonina) (10) Lettera (Florian Hardwig) (63) 5 Comments on “The 21st Century titles” Mark Simonson says: Apr 14th, 2016 11:25 pm I loved this show when I was a kid. Don’t really recall these titles so much as the “music” though. Jessica Svendsen says: Apr 25th, 2016 4:30 am I believe the sequence was designed by Lou Dorfsman. It is included as one of the on-air promotions in his monograph “Dorfsman & CBS.” See image 5: nyti.ms/1qJYZxq Stephen Coles says: Apr 25th, 2016 10:25 am Thank you, Jessica! Added. Samantha Wittwer says: May 6th, 2016 3:31 am Thanks Jessica! Saved me a google search. Otto de Paula Albernaz Quartim says: Aug 12th, 2022 9:31 pm The unidentified type must be Univers. Post a comment Name Email – will not be published Website Your response Submit Comment More Schmalfette Grotesk in use Discriminator (2021) movie poster2021Natalie WorthContributed by Natalie Worth Hardcore Architecture: Grace Ambrose / Maximum RocknRoll2016Contributed by Philipp Messner Staff Pick Charlie Rose2016PentagramMichael BierutAREA 17Contributed by Stephen Coles Blog Sponsor More in News RBC2017RBC teamContributed by Yury Ostromentsky La Voz de Almería2013Cases i AssociatsContributed by TypeTogether Staff Pick First magazine (2006)2006Michael PicónContributed by Florian Hardwig Fortune Magazine, 20072007Robert PerinoContributed by Font Bureau More in Film/Video Hamza Namira – “Mawlood Sanat 80” music videoc. 2020Namira StudioContributed by Mostafa Abasiry PRINT Awards 2024c. 2023The Collected WorksContributed by The Collected Works Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, 10th Anniversary edition2012Rockstar GamesContributed by Akid Danial Lok Leipzig – SSC Napoli (GDR television, 1988)1988Deutscher FernsehfunkContributed by Ivo Gabrowitsch More Fonts In Use GEMAK identityc. 2012Wout de VringerContributed by BVH Type Staff Pick France, French Alps–Côte d’Azur and Pyrenees–Basque Coast SNCF travel brochures (1959)1959Albert BrenetPhoto(s) by mikeyashworth on Flickr. Staff Pick U.S.A. Surpasses All The Genocide Records! poster and fact sheet1966George MaciunasFluxusContributed by Stephen Coles Staff Pick Applepicker – Low Noise, High Output album art2022Alex ChumakContributed by Alex Chumak Staff Pick
5 Comments on “The 21st Century titles”
I loved this show when I was a kid. Don’t really recall these titles so much as the “music” though.
I believe the sequence was designed by Lou Dorfsman. It is included as one of the on-air promotions in his monograph “Dorfsman & CBS.”
See image 5: nyti.ms/1qJYZxq
Thank you, Jessica! Added.
Thanks Jessica! Saved me a google search.
The unidentified type must be Univers.