Although there are zillions of text fonts available, is there a standard in the industry that Hollywood, the independants, or me, the wannabe can / should use for rolling credits that is professional looking, legable, but not distracting.
Thanks in advance,
Kevin
Text Fonts
Obviously, there are no standards, because it is a matter of taste and is somewhat artistic.
IMO, use a good sans-serif font and one of the most legible of these is the good ol' Arial. You can also use the more traditional Helvetica family. I would avoid, in particular, anything with fine serifs, such as Times New Roman; this is very legible for printed matter, but hops around like a kangaroo with diarrhoea on a TV screen.
IMO, use a good sans-serif font and one of the most legible of these is the good ol' Arial. You can also use the more traditional Helvetica family. I would avoid, in particular, anything with fine serifs, such as Times New Roman; this is very legible for printed matter, but hops around like a kangaroo with diarrhoea on a TV screen.
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Terry Stetler
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The problem with serif fonts Devil is talking about is related to "line twitter". This occurs when something like a serif font detail drawn to a TV screen is 1 pixel in size, which puts it on a single scan line.
Since each frame consists of two interlaced fields, each with its own set of scan lines, this small detail will appear/disappear as its field turns on and off, causing the scene to jump about. Not pretty.
The fix is to not use single pixel details in your graphics and fonts. Eliminating serif fonts is one way of doing this.
Another is to not use single pixel lines in your drawn graphics, title images, animations etc. Often just applying a small gaussian blur to your image in a graphics tool (PhotoImpact, Photoshot etc.) is more than enough.
Devil: that is one disturbing metaphor. Gonna take me all day to get that one out of my mind
Since each frame consists of two interlaced fields, each with its own set of scan lines, this small detail will appear/disappear as its field turns on and off, causing the scene to jump about. Not pretty.
The fix is to not use single pixel details in your graphics and fonts. Eliminating serif fonts is one way of doing this.
Another is to not use single pixel lines in your drawn graphics, title images, animations etc. Often just applying a small gaussian blur to your image in a graphics tool (PhotoImpact, Photoshot etc.) is more than enough.
Devil: that is one disturbing metaphor. Gonna take me all day to get that one out of my mind
Terry Stetler