2001: A Typographic Odyssey

Director Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey didn’t just imagine the future, it practically designed it. From the clean authority Gill Sans lends to it, to the tech-forward cool of Eurostile Bold Extended (that practically every other sci-fi movie used going forward…no, really), the film defined the visual language of sci-fi as we know it. Real-world logos, minimalist UI, and purposeful type choices (hello, Futura and Univers!) all make the future feel oddly familiar. Still iconic, still influential, all these years later…in the future.