Title: Vox puts 1950s dots on 2026 graphics. Why?
Jul 16, 2026Have a look at almost any Vox video and you'll spot it, a pattern of tiny print dots layered over brand-new photos and charts. Everyone files it under nostalgia, and everyone's wrong. In this one we build the halftone effect from scratch in After Effects, tune it the way Vox actually uses it, and get to the real reason those seventy-year-old dots keep showing up on this year's news.


