Shock and Awe title sequence
Contributed by james millner
on Feb 15th, 2015. Artwork published in
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In the BBC television series Shock and Awe — The Story of Electricity, Professor Jim Al-Khalili tells the story of electricity. The title sequence animates a font — Harrington — that’s widely used outside the design world, due to being bundled with Microsoft Office, but making its first appearance here on Fonts In Use.
The titles and multi-plane graphic sequences during the shows are credited to Harvey House Films.
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There’s plenty of coils, sparks, brass, mahogany, Hawksby machines and Tesla coils, so yes lots of Victoriana. You can find the odd clip on Youtube …