Typography Movies

A documentary film about Adriano Olivetti.

A fascinating documentary about Piet Zwart (1885–1977), an idiosyncratic and stubborn designer, who lived for innovation and prepared the way...

The Alphabeticians is a cinematic observational documentary exploring the power of relationships and the resilience of creative spirit. The film...

Why has letterpress printing survived? Irreplaceable knowledge of the historic craft is in danger of being lost as its caretakers age. Fascinating...

Georgie discusses a bubble font he designed and released himself -- to no acclaim.

Helvetica is a feature-length independent film about typography, graphic design and global visual culture. It looks at the proliferation of one...

Goodwin & Goodwin are a creative sign company based in North London — an eclectic, international team of architects, designers,...

Documentary on the French graphic and visual artist and designer, editor, artistic director, and teacher who is known for his widely-used fonts.

Hanzi is a documentary exploring international design, visual culture, and identity through the lens of modern Chinese typography. The film covers a...

A portrait of the inventor of the letterpress, who was a key figure in the history of mankind, but also an enthusiastic inventor, a daring...

Words that end in -ake and start with ch-. A typographic animation.

Alberto Casiraghy and Josef Weiss are true bibliophile artists. One in Osnago, the other in Mendrisio, they have been dedicating themselves for years...

Portrait of a Mexico City neighborhood where pages and pages are printed, and little by little, words appear. Máquinas de Palabras is a...

Words that start with the letter O, P, and R. A typographic animation.

A short, educational animation about the history of fonts and typography. In a paper cutout stop-motion style, it begins with Gutenberg's creation of...

Elizabeth concerns the life and work of calligrapher, typographer, and graphic designer Elizabeth Friedlander. The film takes an essay form,...

Dedicated Dutch graphic designer Piet Schreuders visits Los Angeles to investigate all kinds of typeface as used in title-credits for movies and...