#happybirthday #johndykstra #specialeffects #IndustrialLightandMagic #starwars #xwing #tiefighter #EmpireStrikesBack #StarTrek #TheMotionPicture #CloseEncountersoftheThirdKind #BattlestarGalactica #BatmanForever #BatmanandRobin #StuartLittle #XMen #FirstClass #SpiderMan #AvalancheExpress @trekcore

El 3 de junio de 1947 nace John Dykstra, técnico de efectos especiales, en Long Beach, California.

On June 3, 1947, John Dykstra, special effects technician, was born in Long Beach, California.

#StarWars #JohnDykstra

Dykstraflex Showcased At The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures
#JohnDykstra #JohnKnoll
John Dykstra and John Knoll show how the original Star Wars special effects were created on a Dykstraflex at an event at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles, California
https://www.fanthatracks.com/news/film-music-tv/dykstraflex-showcased-at-the-academy-museum-of-motion-pictures/?feed_id=31677

#happybirthday #johndykstra #specialeffects #IndustrialLightandMagic #starwars #xwing #tiefighter #TheEmpireStrikesBack #CloseEncountersoftheThirdKind #BattlestarGalactica #BatmanForever #BatmanandRobin #StuartLittle #XMen #FirstClass #SpiderMan #AvalancheExpress #StarTrek #TheMotionPicture @trekcore

El 3 de junio de 1947 nace John Dykstra, técnico de efectos especiales, en Long Beach, California.

On June 3, 1947, John Dykstra, special effects technician, was born in Long Beach, California.

#StarWars #JohnDykstra

El 3 de junio de 1947 nace John Dykstra, técnico de efectos especiales, en Long Beach, California.

On June 3, 1947, John Dykstra, special effects technician, was born in Long Beach, California.

#StarWars #JohnDykstra

The Disney+ doc series on #ILM has one episode with a lot of the awesome #JohnDykstra in it.

Now, obviously he is an ubergeek and I am unfit to dust his cornices. BUT on top of the stuff I know, he's rambling and just happens to say that...

HE INVENTED THE ORIGINAL #StarTrek FONT!

He never got credit for it but it was him.

I tried to post this on Reddit ages ago but it got deleted cos my only source was paywalled doc series. So I thought I'd post it here.

#Fonts #Typefaces