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What fonts are used in films? We constantly notice exceptional, humorous, and romantic typefaces on movie posters or announcements and wonder which fonts were used in them. Quite often, the film companies themselves produce these letterforms, and use them solely for their own distribution purposes.

However, there are numerous fonts in the vast Linotype Library that appear similar to some of these designs, and which can convey the same mood as the film.

Here is our selection, which we regularly update and expand.

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Movie: The Departed (Warner Bros., 2006).
Starring Leonardo di Caprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson and Mark Wahlberg.

Similar font: Aachen™ Bold
Aachen™ by Adobe Bold
 
Movie: The Black Dahlia (Universal Pictures, 2006).
Starring Josh Hartnett, Scarlett Johansson, Aaron Eckhart and Hilary Swank.

Similar font: Bauer Bodoni™ Roman
Bauer Bodoni™ Roman
 
Movie: Rocky Balboa (MGM, Sony Pictures/20th Century Fox, 2006).
Starring Sylvester Stallone, Burt Young, Antonio Tarver, Milo Ventimiglia.

Similar font: ITC Franklin Gothic™ Heavy
ITC Franklin Gothic™ Heavy
 
Movie: An Inconvenient Truth (Paramount Classics, 2006).
Starring Al Gore.

Similar font: Gill Sans™ Bold
Gill Sans® Bold
 
Movie: The Queen (Miramax Films, 2006).
Helen Mirren, James Cromwell, and Michael Sheen.

Similar font: Minion® Subhead Regular
Minion® Subhead Regular
 
Movie: The Good Shepherd (Universal Pictures, 2006).
Starring Matt Damon, Angelina Jolie and Robert De Niro.

Similar font: Neue Helvetica™ 75 Bold
Neue Helvetica® 75 Bold
 
Movie: Das Parfum (Constantin Film, 2006).
Starring Ben Whishaw, Alan Rickman, Rachel Hurd-Wood and Dustin Hoffman.

Similar font: Nicolas Cochin™
Nicolas Cochin®
 
Movie: Flags of our Fathers (Dreamworks Pictures & Warner Bros., 2006).
Starring Ryan Phillippe and Jesse Bradford.

Similar font: Trajan™ Bold
Trajan™ Bold
 
Movie: La vie en rose (Picturehouse, 2006).
Starring Marion Cotillard and Gérard Depardieu.

Similar font: Sackers™ Gothic Medium
Sackers™ Gothic Medium
 
Movie: Scoop (BBC Films, 2006).
Starring Hugh Jackman, Scarlett Johansson, Ian McShane.

Similar font: Sackers™ Gothic Heavy
Sackers™ Gothic Heavy
 
Movie: For the film credits underneath headlines, extremely narrow typefaces are almost always used. One of our best examples of this style is ITC Roswell.
Similar font: ITC Roswell™
ITC Roswell™
 

Cochin and Helvetica are trademarks of Linotype Corp. registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and may be registered in certain other jurisdictions in the name of Linotype Corp. or its licensee Linotype GmbH.

Minion is a registered trademark of Adobe Systems Incorporated which may be registered in certain jurisdictions. Trajan is a trademark of Adobe Systems Incorporated which may be registered in certain jurisdictions.

Bauer Bodoni is a trademark of Bauer Types SA.

Aachen, ITC Franklin Gothic and ITC Roswell are trademarks of International Typeface Corporation and may be registered in certain jurisdictions.

Sackers is a trademark of Monotype Imaging Inc. and may be registered in certain jurisdictions.

Gill Sans is a trademark of The Monotype Corporation registered in the United States Patent and Trademark Office and may be registered in certain jurisdictions.

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