Margo is a typeface inspired by classic hand-lettered movie titles and book jackets from the 1940s and ’50s. Many of its distinctive features follow lettering from films art directed by Lyle R. Wheeler, including All About Eve, The Gunfighter, The Secret of Convict Lake, and dozens more. 20th-century paperback books and packaging also informed the design, but the overall style is reined in, comparatively, to function better as a typeface (as opposed to hand-lettering).