In the movie trailer for Venom: The Last Dance, the Zombie Punks font is deployed for it’s unconventional aesthetics, giving an edgy look to titles and subheadings in support of the rebellious themes inherent in the film.
The jagged edges and distressed look of Zombie Punks mirror the chaotic world of Venom, emphasising the anti-hero’s inner struggle, with the raw, hand-drawn quality representing Venom’s darker side.
Proving to be popular choice among film-makers, marketeers and designers (having recently appeared in the Dungeons and Dragoons trailer too) the punk aesthetics of this font resonate with the ideas of counterculture and nonconformity. It’s a font that taps into nostalgia, with a nod classic horror movies, punk rock posters, zines and underground art, enriching the movie’s texture.
It’s a fitting use for an unwieldy and spontaneous font, proving that the appropriate use of hand-drawn typography can become a character in its own right, it’s imperfections working in support of story and world building in this dark little corner of the MCU.
The Zombie Punks Font is available to download now.
Using Chat GPT to Write Your Blog Posts.
Full Disclosure: In my first experiment into the real-world uses of ChatGPT, the bulk of what you’ve just read was edited from an AI generated reply to the following text request:
“Hey ChatGPT. One of my font designs called Zombie Punks has recently appeared in the new movie trailer for Venom: The Last Dance. Can you please write me around 300 words on how it was used, why it suits the movie and the advantages of using my hand-drawn fonts in movie projects. Write in a friendly and professional style”.
While the actual response came in the form of seven bullet points with sub-headings such as Unconventional Aesthetics, Character Alignment and Emotional Resonance, I was surprised at how on-point many of it observations were. My main criticism is that it indulged in more pretentious waffle that I can stomach (possibly to fill out the requested 300 words), but as someone who actually finds it hard to talk about his own work, it gave me a solid framework to write/edit something together that doesn’t read like it was designed to impress a swooning art school teacher.
It’s hard to deny its usefulness in tasks like this. Having a copyrighter on hand, or even just another voice in the room, albeit artificial, to bounce off ideas can help to break through the blank page.
