Not sure if I’ll still be watching True Blood in the months to come, but I have to say its opening credits are a thing of beauty. Its taken some inspiration from Jim White’s Searching for the Wrong-Eyed Jesus which came out a few years ago, but nonetheless its pretty damn slick. I’m particularly keen on the font and after a bit of research found this info. Unfortunately haven’t been able to get my hands on it yet, but I’ll keep trying.
“Camm Rowland was the Type Designer behind the gorgeous font used in the opening credits of ‘True Blood’. He was influenced by makeshift signage that he saw along the roadside.To create the ‘True’ family fonts he drew each letter by hand, cut each letter out with an x-acto knife, and then scanned them in to the computer. He created 8 font families altogether! The fonts used in the opening sequence of the show were a mixture between “True Gothic” and “True Blade” which had alternate characters and weights - so it adds to the hand made quality.”
