The Posterama series is a “journey through space
and time". It spans eight display families (1901, 1913, 1919, 1927,
1933, 1945, 1984, 2001), each in seven all-caps weights from Thin
to Ultra Black. Each family offers a few specific glyphs for some
characters that allude to a certain era or style.
Accompanied by a ninth family, Posterama Text, the only one to feature
lowercase glyphs and pan-European language support (including Greek
and Cyrillic).
From MyFonts:
Posterama 1901 recalls the decoratively geometric style of Art
Nouveau from the turn of the 20th century. Letterforms such as the
slender, snaking ‘S’, the high-waisted ‘E’ and the underlined
‘O’ More…
The Posterama series is a “journey through space and time". It spans eight display families (1901, 1913, 1919, 1927, 1933, 1945, 1984, 2001), each in seven all-caps weights from Thin to Ultra Black. Each family offers a few specific glyphs for some characters that allude to a certain era or style.
Accompanied by a ninth family, Posterama Text, the only one to feature lowercase glyphs and pan-European language support (including Greek and Cyrillic).
From MyFonts:
Posterama 1901 recalls the decoratively geometric style of Art Nouveau from the turn of the 20th century. Letterforms such as the slender, snaking ‘S’, the high-waisted ‘E’ and the underlined ‘O’ revive the spirit of Charles Rennie Mackintosh and the designers of the Viennese Secession.
Posterama 1913 pays homage to the Armory Show, or 1913 Exhibition of Modern Art, which brought the revolutionary work of European artists such as Picasso, Duchamp and Kandinsky to the US for the first time to the shock and astonishment of press and public. Near-abstract, angular characters such as the ‘A’, ‘E’ and ‘N’ hint at cubism’s jagged and clashing planes.
Posterama 1919 uses a small, but important, variation to set a tone when the Bauhaus was founded, and the surge in radical European typography that followed. The straight-sided, roundheaded ‘A’ adds a flavor of 1919 – this style of ‘A’ can still be seen in the Braun logo, designed in 1934.
Posterama 1927 captures the year of Metropolis, The Jazz Singer and Paul Renner’s pioneering, geometric Futura typeface from 1927, which had a profound influence on design in the US and Europe.
Posterama 1933 – With its low-waisted, sinuous designs, the Posterama 1933 typeface family echoes lettering of the Art Deco period, which in turn had its roots in Art Nouveau, the key influence on Posterama 1901. The two fonts make a great team and can be used interchangeably.
Posterama 1945 features a few Cyrillic characters to conjure up an era when Russian art and political posters made their mark in cold war propaganda, espionage and also giant aliens and monsters.
Posterama 1984 takes its typographic influences from George Orwell’s classic novel, publicity for the dystopian action and sci-fi movies (Blade Runner, Videodrome and Terminator) and games like Space Invaders and Pac-Man that made an impact at that time.
Posterama 2001 was inspired by Stanley Kubrick’s science fiction masterpiece, which made extensive use of the Futura typeface. Posterama 2001 finds its cosmic orbit with its nosecone-style ‘A’ from NASA’s much-missed ‘worm’ logotype. There’s an echo, too, in Bauhaus designs from as early as 1920, whose minimalist, geometric lettering also featured a crossbar-less ‘A’.