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Post by tenpoundhammer on Aug 12, 2011 12:25:51 GMT -5
^This episode has an unusual style of category strip that isn't the thin, monospaced letters or the bold Helvetica type. How long was this style strip used? I'm guessing only the latter half of season 2 since the Helvetica strips were in use on the "Thrill of Victory" episode.
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Post by tonshaad1230 on Aug 12, 2011 14:46:08 GMT -5
This is a very interesting way and I loved how they had those strips. More of them are needed for these seasons.
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Post by pricemodel1997 on Aug 13, 2011 19:46:12 GMT -5
That style of strips was used from 1975 to about 1985, they were used on the original daytime version of the show, so they just carried it over to nighttime until they had better graphics so that is my thoughts on this
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Post by tenpoundhammer on Aug 14, 2011 0:05:07 GMT -5
That style of strips was used from 1975 to about 1985, they were used on the original daytime version of the show, so they just carried it over to nighttime until they had better graphics so that is my thoughts on this In 1975, they used a heavy font, but they were on art cards, so they were only seen sporadically. This type can be seen on the "Kill the Vampire" episode. Sometime around 1980, they changed to a thin, monospaced font that was often white (e.g. Pat's first episode). It looks like the bold, white-framed Helvetica design indeed came in nighttime Season 3, which would put this episode in the latter half of Season 2 (because I've found other Season 2 episodes with the white, monospaced graphics). |
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Post by pricemodel1997 on Aug 14, 2011 21:18:18 GMT -5
well it looked similar to that style though
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Post by woffan4ever on Aug 14, 2011 23:41:47 GMT -5
The version in that video is in no way similar to the original version...The orginal strips looks as if they were typed on an old school computer...
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Post by tenpoundhammer on Aug 15, 2011 23:10:38 GMT -5
The version in that video is in no way similar to the original version...The orginal strips looks as if they were typed on an old school computer... By "Original style" I meant the kind seen here. That screencap's from 1976. The computer-like font came in either 1977 or 1978. |
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