Three identical minimalist movie posters for "A Series of Unfortunate Events" are displayed side-by-side in a modern glass storefront at night. Each poster features dark, gothic typography enclosed in a circular, spiderweb-like frame against a pale background.

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Spyglass Typeface

“Spyglass” is a custom typeface created to accompany a poster for the movie ‘A Series of Unfortunate Events’, based on the young adult novel series by Lemony Snicket. The typeface itself was first sketched by hand, then digitally adapted in Illustrator. It is heavily inspired by the Art Nouveau style, with juxtaposing stroke widths and exaggerated ascenders and descenders.

The look of the typeface grabs from themes of the movie – mystery, intrigue, eeriness and stained glass motifs. The large rounded ears on the ascenders and descenders are meant to mimic the joints typically seen on welded junctions that hold the stained glass pieces together.

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Typography Design

Year

2025

Client

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Mission

"Develop a serif typeface that mirrors the film’s theatrical themes, using rounded and elongated shapes to evoke elegance and mystery."

Details

Spyglass Typeface

“Spyglass” is a custom typeface created to accompany a poster for the movie ‘A Series of Unfortunate Events’, based on the young adult novel series by Lemony Snicket. The typeface itself was first sketched by hand, then digitally adapted in Illustrator. It is heavily inspired by the Art Nouveau style, with juxtaposing stroke widths and exaggerated ascenders and descenders.

The look of the typeface grabs from themes of the movie – mystery, intrigue, eeriness and stained glass motifs. The large rounded ears on the ascenders and descenders are meant to mimic the joints typically seen on welded junctions that hold the stained glass pieces together.

Services

Typography Design

Year

2025

Client

-

Mission

"Develop a serif typeface that mirrors the film’s theatrical themes, using rounded and elongated shapes to evoke elegance and mystery."

Rough sketches for the typeface. Lined paper with different letterforms sketched out in a row.

Initial process sketches to develop the form of the typeface.

Rough sketches for the typeface. Lined paper with different letterforms sketched out in a row.

More refined process sketches to develop each letter form further.

Digital first draft of the letters for the typeface. Lines with the letterform options in rows.

First digital versions of the lowercase forms

Digital first draft of the letters for the typeface. Lines with the letterform options in rows.

First digital versions of the uppercase forms

The final typeface letterforms. There are two versions, a solid version and a decorative version that have the strokes outline. These are the uppercase letterforms.

Spyglass uppercase version, both regular and decorative

The final typeface letterforms. There are two versions, a solid version and a decorative version that have the strokes outline. These are the lowercase letterforms.

Spyglass lowercase version, both regular and decorative

The final typeface letterforms. There are two versions, a solid version and a decorative version that have the strokes outline. These are the numbers and symbols.

Spyglass special characters version, both regular and decorative

A rough sketch of an option for the design of the movie poster.

Initial movie poster sketch iteration

A rough sketch of an option for the design of the movie poster.

Initial movie poster sketch iteration

The final version of the movie poster featuring the custom typeface. The layout mimics stained glass with different sections framed by the black joints like in stained glass. There is a glass texture overlayed. The actor names are at the top of the poster and the movie informtaion is along the bottom edge.

Final movie poster

These are mockups of movie merchandise, featuring a tote back with the movie logo. There is a black bag with white text, and white bag with black text.

Branded tote bag merchandise

A mockup of the movie merchandise keychain. A black round plastic keychain with white writing for the movie logo.

Branded keychain merchandise, black version

A mockup of the movie merchandise keychain. A white round plastic keychain with black writing for the movie logo.

Branded keychain merchandise, white version