Bicycle Thieves Typography
Screen Capture from Bicycle Thieves
Screen Capture from Bicycle Thieves
Screen Capture from Bicycle Thieves
The typography in the title sequence and credits of the 1948 Italian film Bicycle Thieves caught my attention. It caused me to pause the film and linger a little while longer. The condensed sans looks like a hand-made version of Plak designed by Paul Renner. In 2018, designers at Monotype revived the typeface and expanded the family. I found some lookalikes of the script, but nothing quite like the original. Additionally, I found an advertisement (below) for the film on a website of posters from Budapest.
Neue Plak, a revived version of Renner’s Plak typeface. Source: Monotype
Source: Budapest Poster Gallery