The official BBM font

[Penthesilea]

I never saw this discussed anywhere (maybe I just missed it).

Have you ever looked closely to the writing of "Brokeback Mountain" on movie posters, ads, the STS book, postcards, whatsoever?

The lower line/end/border/ of the upper letters (Brokeback) looks like it has been nibbled at, or frayed or.... broken somehow.

Or, with a little bit of fantasy, the space between the upper end of the "Mountain" letters and the lower end of the "Brokeback" letters could be a silhouette of a mountain range. You can see it especially at the second "B" and the following "A" in "BROKEBACK".

Look here: (hope the pic will be clear enough)

[nakymaton]

It has always looked like the faint shape of mountains to me.

But I see mountains everywhere...

(I love the official BBM font. It's subtle, but distinctive. Kinda like the movie itself.)

[Front-Ranger]

Yes, I agree with you, Mel. That's the way I've always seen it too. And, yes, I love the font!

[Penthesilea]

official BBM font

Thanks Mel. I lacked this term and my dictionary translated the German phrase with "writing". I'll change the title of the thread.

It has always looked like the faint shape of mountains to me.


But I see mountains everywhere...

(I love the official BBM font. It's subtle, but distinctive. Kinda like the movie itself.)

For me this is new. I only noticed it lately, since the poster hangs directly in front of me, next to my monitor. Maybe this is old news to everybody and I need some glasses  .

I like very much too. As you said: subtle like the movie itself.

Edit: I see Lee's reply in the preview. Maybe I should really think about a visit at the oculist.

[nakymaton]

And more about them... it's just the faintest suggestion of mountains, like the view from far out in the plains. The mountains are there on the edge of awareness. Not looming, not overwhelming, but constantly present nonetheless.

I like it very, very much.

(Chrissi: remember that both Lee and I are likely to notice mountains -- remember where we live! I've never heard anyone discuss it, so perhaps it isn't obvious to everyone. It took a while for me to notice that there was something about the letters -- I think I first noticed it when Dave Cullen's group used the lettering in their post-Oscar-fiasco ad to Variety.)

[CarlaMom2]

I thought it was a symbol of the mountains, too.

[mvansand76]

Same here, I always thought it was the silhouet of the top of a mountain, or more specifically Brokeback Mountain... they did climb the mountain and return changed...

[RebelWithASmile]

never realized that, but i could recognize BBM's font a mile away. Its solidified in my mind

[Toast]

Even when the title font/graphic is deformed and combined with another picture, it still grabs your attention:

[mvansand76]

Even when the title font/graphic is deformed and combined with another picture, it still grabs your attention:

Oh that's nice, Toast!

[CarlaMom2]

It sure does grab my attention.  I think there is something about the words Brokeback Maountain that grabs my attention as well.  Does that make sense?  Brokeback (the word) seems so strong and solid.

[Br. Patrick]

I have the calendar, the poster, the Book "Story to Screenplay,” both versions of the DVD, the CD AND the Sheet Music. I always have seen the unusual font for the letters but NOW I see Mountains too!   I live on the shore of Lake Michigan.   I have had a ‘hankering’ to SEE Mountains all year!  3 times, driving the 20 miles from my home monastery back to my apartment, there have been cloud formations over the Lake in an otherwise clear sky.  Looked EXACTLY liked mountains!  Only happens like that in the winter.  So Cool.

[Lynne]

Now I'm upset because I understand what you're saying you see, but I cannot see it myself.  It must be like one of those tests where you stare at a composite and with just the right focus or angle, you see an image.  I can never see those without help 'neither.

3 times, driving the 20 miles from my home monastery back to my apartment, there have been cloud formations over the Lake in an otherwise clear sky.  Looked EXACTLY liked mountains!  Only happens like that in the winter.  So Cool.

Very cool. 

[Br. Patrick]

Now I'm upset because I understand what you're saying you see, but I cannot see it myself.  It must be like one of those tests where you stare at a composite and with just the right focus or angle, you see an image.  I can never see those without help 'neither.

When you are looking, make a straight line in your head at the top of the word "Mountain."   Think of it as the horizon. THEN you will see the far off distant mountain range in the bottom of the letters spelling "Brokeback."
OR just look at the pic and think of the bottom as the horizon...  I gave it an extra line of black pixels at the bottom.

[Lynne]

When you are looking, make a straight line in your head at the top of the word "Mountain."   Think of it as the horizon. THEN you will see the far off distant mountain range in the bottom of the letters spelling "Brokeback."
OR just look at the pic and think of the bottom as the horizon...  I gave it an extra line of black pixels at the bottom.

Oh, of course!  Silly me...Thank you!

[Br. Patrick]

Oh, of course!  Silly me...Thank you!

Not silly at all.  I never noticed it before it was mentioned here.   I LIKE this place!!!!


peace
br. patrick