The 21st Century titles Contributed by Stephen Coles on Apr 13th, 2016. Artwork published in 1967. © CBS Television. License: All Rights Reserved. The Twenty-First Century was a CBS documentary series hosted by Walter Cronkite that aired 1967–70. Focusing on modern technology, science, and predictions about the future, the show was a sequel to The Twentieth Century which covered historical events. The logo and opening titles are set in animated Schmalfette Grotesk, while end credits used a mix (see two shapes of ‘R’) of unidentified compressed grots. Thanks to Jessica Svendsen for the tip! Source: https://vimeo.com © CBS Television. License: All Rights Reserved. Source: https://www.youtube.com © CBS Television. License: All Rights Reserved. End credits from Surviving in Space, a 1968 episode. Source: https://www.youtube.com © CBS Television. License: All Rights Reserved. Why does Walter get his own ‘R’? Typefaces Formats Film/Video (495) Topics News (414) Technology (741) Designers/Agencies Lou Dorfsman (4) Tagged withdocumentaries (73)TV show logos (78)TV series (76)CBS (16)title sequences (192)tight-not-touching (171)all caps (2949)animated type (160) Artwork location United States (5375) In Sets Graphic (Litara Ung) (71) Film (Yulia Gonina) (10) Lettera (Florian Hardwig) (33) 4 Comments on “The 21st Century titles” Mark Simonson says: Apr 14th, 2016 11:25 pm I loved this show when I was a kid. Don’t really recall these titles so much as the “music” though. Jessica Svendsen says: Apr 25th, 2016 4:30 am I believe the sequence was designed by Lou Dorfsman. It is included as one of the on-air promotions in his monograph “Dorfsman & CBS.” See image 5: nyti.ms/1qJYZxq Stephen Coles says: Apr 25th, 2016 10:25 am Thank you, Jessica! Added. Samantha Wittwer says: May 6th, 2016 3:31 am Thanks Jessica! Saved me a google search. Post a comment Name Email – will not be published Website Your response Submit Comment More Schmalfette Grotesk in use Toward a Sane Nuclear Policy booklet1960Ivan ChermayeffContributed by Nick Sherman British Painting in the Sixties poster1962Tom WolseyContributed by Patrice Barnabé Staff Pick Our Gang by Philip Roth (1973 Bantam Books special Watergate edition)1973unknownContributed by Garrison Martin Sponsor More in News Dec. 7, 1941 record cover1966Ed LeeContributed by Stephen Coles Staff Pick “The Cocaine Wars”, Rolling Stone, 20 Sep 19791979Doug TaylorContributed by Florian Hardwig Staff Pick Reflex Magazine covers2001Marek PistoraContributed by Briefcase Type Foundry Staff Pick Institutional Investorc. 2017Henrik KubelEd JohnsonKimberly LumContributed by Ed Johnson Staff Pick More in Film/Video Tatort – “Die Wahrheit”2016Saskia MarkaContributed by JAF La prodigieuse aventure des plantes (1981), L’Aventure des plantes (1982)c. 1981unknownJacques LerouxContributed by Pierre Brossard Linotype: the Film2012Doug WilsonContributed by Toshi Omagari Cartoon All-Stars To The Rescue1990unknownContributed by Aidan Nester More Fonts In Use Sasquatch! Music Festival Poster2011Invisible CreatureContributed by Stephen Coles Staff Pick Industrial Design Magazine (1955–63)1955James S. WardMathilde LouriePeter BradfordContributed by Stephen Coles Staff Pick Teufen2015TGG Hafen Senn StiegerContributed by Vallois Clovis Staff Pick Tourism Ireland, c. 2010–20142012unknownPublicisContributed by Florian Hardwig Blog
4 Comments on “The 21st Century titles”
I loved this show when I was a kid. Don’t really recall these titles so much as the “music” though.
I believe the sequence was designed by Lou Dorfsman. It is included as one of the on-air promotions in his monograph “Dorfsman & CBS.”
See image 5: nyti.ms/1qJYZxq
Thank you, Jessica! Added.
Thanks Jessica! Saved me a google search.