Fonts From Your Favorite Movies and TV Shows
Posted on July 13, 2008 at 8:00 am
Want that “S” with the antennae from “Shrek?” Or write in letters from “Spongebob Squarepants” or “The Simpsons?” How about “The Addams Family” or “Bewitched” or “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles?” 
Maybe the CNN logo typeface would give your office presentation or school report that extra edge of reliability. Typenow.net has fonts based on movies and television shows (also rock bands, for fans of Metallica, The Beatles, or Pink Floyd), games (Atari, PlayStation), and corporate (IBM, Ferrari). There’s even a Harry Potter font, along with Willie Wonka, Hot Wheels, LEGO, Mentos, and MAD Magazine.
Like Adam Sandler, Judd Apatow has tried to extend his franchise, and like Sandler, the result is diluted, derivative, and disappointing. Director Steven Brill (of the truly terrible “Without a Paddle,” “Ready to Rumble,” and Sandler’s biggest flop, “Little Nicky”) captures the letter but not the spirit of the Apatow oeuvre. You can hear the pitch now: “A PG-13 ‘Superbad!'” As in that film, we have a schlubby pair of best friends, one fat (Troy Gentile as Ryan) and one thin (Nate Hartley as Wade), who want nothing more than to be cool and get girls to like them.
As the title suggests, there is a little bit of fairy tale moondust sprinkled over this story of a nine-year-old boy who runs away from his home in Mexico to find his mother in Los Angeles. As with all fairy tales, the magical glow makes possible engagement with some heart-wrenching themes that might be too disturbing if told in a more straightforward manner.