Comments on: Saul Bass Website and “Hitchcock” Font Are Back

By: Stephen Coles

Stephen Coles — Sun, 09 Oct 2011 05:06:34 +0000

That’s strange, Nadine. How is it different?

By: Nadine

Nadine — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 18:24:58 +0000

in what year was the font designed?

By: Nadine

Nadine — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 15:20:08 +0000

when i downloaded hitchcock it’s not the same as in the image above. why?

By: Guest

Guest — Sat, 11 Jun 2011 17:15:14 +0000

Note that in 1997 Chank Diesel created a font also named Hitchcock based on the same Saul Bass/Art Goodman lettering.

By: Audrey

Audrey — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 18:39:10 +0000

I have been searching for so long a font similar to this one as I’m a fan of hitchcock since I was 12! Thanks a lot for sharing!

By: Jill Bell

Jill Bell — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 21:00:00 +0000

Art Goodman did not do the lettering for Saul Bass. Rather Saul utilized a number of different lettering artists through out his career. Harold Adler did most of the Hitchcock/Preminger titles, Maury Nemoy did some (St. Joan). I also worked for Bass (in the 80′s) and knew Goodman, as well as Adler and Nemoy. Come see my presentation at TypeCon 2010 in LA.

They were all nice guys, in my book. I loved it that Bass still went to AIGA meetings when he was old and walking with a cane.

By: Ceece

Ceece — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 18:51:39 +0000

Love the hitchcock font, it’s really come in handy. Thank you! ^^

By: Joel Gunz

Joel Gunz — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 18:57:42 +0000

Hey there –

Thanks so much for your beautiful Hitchcock font. I’m using it in the masthead over at my blog, Alfred Hitchcock Geek. If you ever get around to producing a more robust version, please let me know!

Cheers,

Joel

By: Mike Roberts

Mike Roberts — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 18:10:24 +0000

Thanks for sharing a funky font.

By: Carson Adams

Carson Adams — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 02:12:31 +0000

Like its predecessor, Gaumont, GAINSBOROUGH is a font that was designed after the hand-lettered titles of an Alfred Hitchcock film. The Lady Vanishes (1938) was produced by Gaumont-British, and is identified as “A Gainsborough Picture” in the opening credits. Another quirky sans serif.