Typography 11/29

I really love this poster and I want it! So basically the backside of the poster is covered in ink and when you open it up, theres nothing on it. You have to use the ink from the back in order to reveal the hidden message. The typography is a plain sans-serif typeface, but it helps deliver the strong message of the poster with adding any extra clutter or elements to the design. They say good typography is invisible...and in this case, it really is....kinda.

Typography 11/15

I really like this piece because it not only displays a neat way to match up different typefaces, but it represents the message with the torn pages. It looks as if the artist has made mistakes and had to tear parts off. These types of designs, I believe, always have a greater impact and convey the message more clearly.

Typography 11/1

So I recently became a big fan of AMC's TV series, The Walking Dead, and stumbled across this poster. I really like the texture of the type and how its all made out of zombies. Really unique and creative. Even though the decaying heart is a big graphic element, the color and texture of the typography makes it pop and keeps your eyes flowing rather than stopping and looking at the details of the heart.

10/25 Typography

I recently stumbled upon this typeface after viewing some other work by the same artist. I think this is a great example of creative typography and experimentation. Its got a neat look and texture to it and I can already think of a few places that could use it.

10/18 Typography

I found this wordmark somewhere and I really like how it all flows together. Without even reading it you know exactly what the company is all about. It has a nice flow and organic feel to the whole wordmark.

10/11 Typography

I think this is the greatest thing I have ever seen. It's just like what we did in class. Amazing.

10/4 Typography

I really like this. Its using type to create a meaning about type. The overall mood that is created is dark, kinda almost like we're looking at a stalker's notebook. Its very strange and clever.

9/20 Typography

I really like how the typography is arranged in this design and the visual style of it. It really gives the message more impact as it visually represents it.

9/6 Typography

 

I like to follow some of my favorite electronic music producers on Facebook and I noticed that this artist, Powershift, has designed many different logos and posters for some of these producers. He makes custom typefaces for a producer which is either designed in a way that the typeface is integrated seamlessly into the existing logo or the typeface is the sole logo design. I really like this typeface design because it is eye-catching, something different and it designed in a way that makes it able to stand as a logo without the need of any other graphic elements.

Project 1 - Background

The typeface I chose is ITC Legacy Sans.

ITC Legacy Sans is a sans-serif typeface designed by Ronald Arnholm in 1992. Arnholm was greatly inspired to create the ITC Legacy font family by the Roman typeface 1470 Eusebius by Nicolas Jensen. While studying at Yale, Arnholm took a type history class where they studied the 1470 Eusebius typeface and he was so impressed with the quality of the design that he decided to create a modern version of it. This endeavor proved to be quite difficult for Arnholm to perfect and took decades of attentive work. The typeface was originally released as “Jensen Roman” in Linotype library, however Arnholm was dissatisfied and continued to work on the typeface with the International Typeface Corporation. The ITC Legacy font family now contains italicized versions, different font weights, and also a serif version.

Homework 1

I tried to recreate one of my favorite music producer's logo/font.