The Mystery of the Dune Font
Putting a name to the typeface that defined the visual identity of the science fiction series and its author, Frank Herbert
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Putting a name to the typeface that defined the visual identity of the science fiction series and its author, Frank Herbert
The Atlantic In the new Spiral: From the Book of Saw . Saw, that undying paean to torture porn, finally started running out of stamina when its eighth— eighth!—entry hit theaters in 2017. The once-popular Lionsgate series had gotten predictable; the death traps were rusty, the box-office returns waning. Even B-listers hadn’t joined the cast in years. It needed a new star and a new purpose. As it turned out, the studio could kill two birds with one Chris Rock. Joe Drake, a Lionsgate executive, says he bumped into Rock at a wedding, where the comedian lobbied “in chilling detail” for...