Empire of the Sun Font

Empire of the Sun is a 1987 American war movie that tells the story of Jamie “Jim” Graham, a young boy who lives in a wealthy British family in Shanghai becomes a prisoner of war in a Japanese internment camp in World War II.

The font used for the movie title on the poster is probably Caslon Antique designed by Bernd Nadall in 1894. The typeface was originally named “Fifteenth Century” but was renamed “Caslon Antique” by Nadall’s foundry in the 1920s. You can view more details about the typeface here.

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In addition to Empire of the Sun, Caslon Antique typeface is also used in the following logos, movie posters or album covers, etc., including: The Descendants, First and Last and Always, Canyon Trilogy, Great Wolf Lodge, A Simple Noodle Story, To Walk Invisible, Treasure Island, Vision Thing, Shadow of the Colossus, Teaser and the Firecat, Begin to Hope, Floodland, Les Misérables.