Actors, directors, writers, technicians, and many other members of movie production crews will be honored at the upcoming 88th Academy Awards ceremony, aka “Oscars,” happening on February 28th, 2016. Even though movie posters don't get awarded – and are often overlooked – they play an essential role in the success of these movies.

The typographic aspects of the poster-design are ever changing and adapting, not only to fit the themes of the movies they represent, but also to speak to a specific target audience and quite possibly to a whole generation, if not a few.

Since we love all things "print" here at The Mines Press, we have decided to take a deeper look into the font faces used in the advertising of this year’s nominees for best picture.

The Big Short - Engravers MT Regular No modifications, just different sizes for 3 words Bridge of Spies - Agency FB Bold Extended -80 adjustment on letter tracking Brooklyn - Futura T Book 127 increase in letter tracking Mad Max - Agency Black Modification made to M The Martian - Bourgeois Medium 118 increase in letter tracking with a slight decrease of 95% horizontal scale The Revenant - News Gothic Bold 160 increase in letter tracking Room - Rokkitt 95 increase in letter tracking with an 110% horizontal scale Spotlight - Minion Pro Semibold Cond Display 102% on horizontal

Click here to download all the fonts used in the 8 posters above.

Which one is your favorite? Do you think the best films had the best posters this year? Don't see your favorite movie poster and would like to know the fonts that were used in it? Drop us a line in the comment section to let us know your thoughts, questions, ideas, and even requests for additional movie posters that were not covered in this article.