Invisible wrote:
> Bill Pragnell wrote:
>> Invisible wrote:
>>> Warp wrote:
>>>
>>>>   Example (when talking bout L.A. Confidential):
>>>>
>>>> "A newspaper dated 1953 has headlines set in Helvetica Black (1959) and
>>>> Univers (1957) - typefaces which weren't commonly available in the U.S.
>>>> until the sixties."
>>>
>>> My God... That's *advanced*!
>>>
>>> How the hell can you tell which typeface it is??
>>
>> I guess if that's your area of expertise...
>>
>> I know a guy who's really good at engineering history - tools, 
>> instruments and so forth. He'll watch a movie like Titanic and say 
>> "that make of binoculars weren't in maritime use until 1919", or 
>> Saving Private Ryan and say "that Panzer's markings are from the 45th 
>> battle group, which weren't deployed in Northern France at all" or 
>> something. I'm making up these examples, obviously! :-)
>>
>> No different from some of the geekery on display here... ;-)
> 
> But... typefaces are *tiny*. How can you even read the text on the 
> screen, never mind tell what face it is?

Headlines, or close-ups if the plot demands it, I'm guessing. Either 
that or he managed to get on set and look at their props.

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