What does "SpIn" mean? Recently, I found out through fellow autistics that "SpIn" is short for "special interest", which a lot of use to describe the very things we are deeply invested in... Be it movies, TV shows, books, video games, the nature of some every day thing... It is something you have an encyclopedic … Continue reading SpIns: A Love for Logos
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The Typography of Disney Animation Logos #10: Transitional Features
Now we work our way through the mid-1980s, and closer towards Disney's rebirth... Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs and Pinocchio Fantasia Dumbo and Bambi Saludos Amigos, The Three Caballeros, and Make Mine Music Fun & Fancy Free, Melody Time, and The Adventures of the Ichabod and Mr. Toad Cinderella, Alice in Wonderland, and Peter … Continue reading The Typography of Disney Animation Logos #10: Transitional Features
The Many Logos of Disney Home Ent.
I'm a long-time Disney VHS collector who is fascinated by the little details that differentiate tapes, from all the different eras of Disney's home media division. In a way, it's kind of odd... Walt Disney Home Video had a logo before Walt Disney Productions proper. Walt Disney's films, up until the mid-1950s, had been distributed … Continue reading The Many Logos of Disney Home Ent.
The Typography of Disney Animation Logos #2: ‘Fantasia’
In part one, I looked at the various film and print logos for Walt Disney's first two animated features: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs and Pinocchio. Though I'd love to cover certain films right now, this series will probably go in chronological order, so I most likely can't do those right now. If I … Continue reading The Typography of Disney Animation Logos #2: ‘Fantasia’
The Typography of Disney Animation Logos #1: ‘Snow White’ and ‘Pinocchio’
Months ago, I did a post on the various logos that Pixar uses for their films. The interesting thing about Pixar logos? Usually just one is made for any given feature-length film, and minor variants are used on marketing materials. I was able to talk about all of their logos in one post... Walt Disney … Continue reading The Typography of Disney Animation Logos #1: ‘Snow White’ and ‘Pinocchio’
Cake Icing: Custom Logos
Logos... Custom variants of well-known logos... The Walt Disney studio has a long history of doing this. Disney had signed with RKO Radio Pictures in 1937, who would distribute all of their features and shorts for roughly fifteen years. Before each film (with the exception of the first, Snow White), the RKO logo would precede … Continue reading Cake Icing: Custom Logos
