Gallery: How the Stranger Things Titles Came Out So Perfectly Retro

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    Before settling on the iconic Benguiat font, Imaginary Forces tried out others, like MT Light.
  • A simple early concept for the Stranger Things title using Avant Garde Futura.
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    A simple early concept for the Stranger Things title using Avant Garde Futura.
  • This concept for the Stranger Things title uses the MT Light font. The wide spacing of the letters is evocative of the...
    Imaginary Forces
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    This concept for the Stranger Things title uses the MT Light font. The wide spacing of the letters is evocative of the unsettling title sequence for Alien.
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    Imaginary Forces
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    Another variation on the Alien theme using the AK Light font with an mysterious backwards "E."
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    Imaginary Forces
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    A concept board for the Stranger Things title using Cortez, a font equally at home on pulpy sci-fi and horror books as Benguiat.
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    Imaginary Forces settled on the glowing outlined Benguiat for the sequence used in the show.
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