Aha! Spotted another different character. The capital F is an actual cap in #DoubleWedding, but it's lowercase in #LibeledLady. So, so cool. I really need to find out about how the studio typefaces were made.
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@vanstanwyck.bsky.socialAha! Spotted another different character. The capital F is an actual cap in #DoubleWedding, but it's lowercase in #LibeledLady. So, so cool. I really need to find out about how the studio typefaces were made.
@vanstanwyck.bsky.socialWait, wait! Hold the presses! The esses are different! The s character in #DoubleWedding is more lightning bolt/zigzag than the soft curves of #LibeledLady.
@vanstanwyck.bsky.socialPardon my quote-posting myself, but it was necessary for comparison purposes. They used almost the same typeface for #DoubleWedding! There are small differences - solid dots instead of circles for the periods, all caps, wider spacing between characters - but the letter design is the same.
@celluloidsoul.bsky.socialWilliam Powell as an eccentric bohemian in that big fur coat and a beret with a cane he swings around joyfully is charming. #DoubleWedding ##TCMParty
@disc-connected.bsky.social***ANNOUNCEMENT***
Coming on November 24th on Blu-ray in the US from #WarnerArchive: #DoubleWedding (1937)!
William Powell and Myrna Loy, Hollywood’s most effortlessly sophisticated screen partnership, venture beyond the urbane pleasures of The Thin Man into the exhilarating disorder of
