A question I often get is; ‘What is the official movie poster credit font?’ Answer: There isn’t an official movie poster credit font. There are several fonts that are being used frequently but there is not a single official font. In this short but useful article I’ll show you four professional credit fonts used within the industry and two free fonts
Also known as the ‘Billing Block‘, the credits segment of a movie poster is one of the key components which hasn’t changed much at all over the years. If you look at posters from the last fifteen years, you’ll notice that they all use condensed fonts for the billing block. The reason why they use this particular type of font is because it has a very important function; it provides a lot of information in a small portion of the movie poster.
From personal experience, I’ve found that Bee Two looks best as a credit font but to my knowledge Univers Ultra Condensed Thin is probably the most used billing block font within the industry. The examples shown below all have a size of 72pt.
If you don’t want to fork up the cash for some quality fonts, these might be worth checking out. I’ve used SteelTongs before but wasn’t really satisfied with the result. However, it does have a feature that’s superior to every other font; it has a specialised character map. To see what I mean just click on the SteelTongs image below.
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