Stranger Things

07/30/2018

This is the title sequence of the very popular Netflix show "Stranger Things".Set in 1980s Indiana, the story of a group of boys searching for a missing boy is interspersed with homages to 1980s Hollywood movies such as E.T. Goonies Stephen King and a perfect revival of 80's American pop culture in a sampling generation TV show. The font is by ITC Benguiat The logo design was created in reference to the paperbacks of the era, such as Stephen King, and the motion graphics recreate the style of title designer Rechard Greenberg's work on Goonies and Superman.

Typeface

Ed Benguiat designed the Benguiat types for the International Typeface Corporation in 1977. The unusual character shapes and very large x-height combine to make a design that is at once playful and ornate. Use ITC Benguiat for an unusual look in advertising, menus, packaging, and other display applications.