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The title cards in Blade Runner are amazing

411 points · 201 comments · ExMachina73

  1. looperhacks · · focus · HN ↗
    While yes, the opening and title cards are very good, I can't get over the (imho) pretty "meh" layout of the crawling text. The right margin is very jagged (especially the "Replicant"), even when it doesn't appear to be necessary (notice that in "Replicants were used Off-world as\n slave labor, in the hazardous exploration and\n colonization of other planets.", the "slave" could've fit into the first line and "colonization" could've been hyphenated). If necessary, they also could've changed some of the wording for better typography. Also, the last two sentences weirdly seem to have different left margins.
    1. joezydeco · · focus · HN ↗
      I think the placement of Replicant is deliberate. It's heading out of bounds and makes you uneasy when you see it.
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