Typographic Poster You can’t design without type. However, you can use only type (or mostly only type) to create breath-taking designs. In fact, many graphic designers and artists take exactly this route to communicate their ideas through their works. The results are sometimes crazy, sometimes artsy, sometimes beautiful, but often just different from things we’re used to. [Content Care Oct/14/2016] The world, as we know it, can never be understood without letters. Letters go beyond the simple shapes and characters used to convey a message into an expression of love, hatred or any other emotion. Letters and text have become an object for art expression. This fusion of art and writing is what we now know as typography. Typography is the art of arranging, designing and modifying text based on typefaces, point size, line length, and spacing to deliver art and information in a beautiful medium. Designing typographic posters is not an easy task, and takes time and patience. When a poster focuses on typography as its main element, the designer has to carefully craft his design to make sure that the type is both legible and artistic at the same time. Things In Life by Brian Hurst Last Time by Fabio Perez
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Typographic Poster
You can’t design without type. However,
you can use only type (or mostly only type)
to create breath-taking designs. In fact,
many graphic designers and artists take
exactly this route to communicate their
ideas through their works. The results are
sometimes crazy, sometimes artsy,
sometimes beautiful, but often just different
from things we’re used to. [Content Care
Oct/14/2016]
The world, as we know it, can never be
understood without letters. Letters go
beyond the simple shapes and characters
used to convey a message into an
expression of love, hatred or any other
emotion. Letters and text have become an object for art expression. This fusion of art
and writing is what we now know as typography.
Typography is the art of arranging, designing
and modifying text based on typefaces, point
size, line length, and spacing to deliver art and
information in a beautiful medium.
Designing typographic posters is not an easy
task, and takes time and patience. When a
poster focuses on typography as its main
element, the designer has to carefully craft his
design to make sure that the type is both
legible and artistic at the same time.
Things In Life by Brian Hurst
Last Time by Fabio Perez
Resources
The design we’ll be creating is based on a quote by Albert Einstein;
‘Logic will get you from A to B, imagination will take you everywhere.’
- Albert Einstein
Fonts:
Every subscription to Creative Cloud includes an Adobe Typekit Portfolio plan, which
includes hundreds of fonts for both desktop and web. Any subscription to an
individual Adobe application includes a Typekit account. Adobe’s Photography
Bundle, which is significantly discounted, includes a selection of fonts for web and
desktop with Typekit’s free plan. (Adobe.com FAQ)
In addition to the fonts available via Adobe’s Typekit, there are thousands of free
fonts available online. Google Fonts is a great source for open source designer fonts
however an internet search for “free fonts” will give you a wealth of other sources. I
found links to several cool fonts for designers (including Comfortaa and Le Super
Serif) in this article at creativebloq.com.
Many fonts are downloaded as ZIP files. You'll need to unzip the files before you can
use the free font. After the free font file is unzipped you'll then need to go through
the simple process of installing the font on your computer before you can use it (if
you are working on a restricted network you may not have permission to do this).
From a design point of view it is best to limit fonts to no more than three different
styles. However you might consider this more of a guideline than a rule depending
on your poster design.
For my poster I plan to use:
Comfortaa as my general font: Comfortaa
Elemental End for my logic font: ElementAl End
Le Super Serif as my imagination font: Le Super Serif