Poster Thumnail Sketches

Week 7

I have been really interested in the way designers pair typefaces together, and both of these images that I have posted are great examples of very different typefaces that work well together. They emphasize some words words for impact, but still work together harmoniously, making the words fun to look at and to read.

Research

http://www.archive.org/stream/giambattistabodo00clelrich/giambattistabodo00clelrich_djvu.txt

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giambattista_Bodoni

http://www.identifont.com/show?22Q

 

http://www.nndb.com/people/863/000094581/

A Little Something Extra

http://www.wimp.com/blackletter/
Some really cool calligraphy skills!

Week 6

This logo is obviously designer crafted, and is a creative use o the letter form A. Rather than having a cross bar and hairline stroke, we still see an A with only the stem stroke, apex, and a single serif, and with the embellishment on the side.

Week 5

These script types have almost every different kind of style, swash, weight, point size, etc. Have a collection of these on hand could be very useful in the future if i would ever be looking for a good script type. A Calligraphers Type IIII for example has a very large point size compared to its x-height, while Bickley Script has a more proportionate point size to its x-heigt. Some have very large swashes while others have relatively small embellishments. All of these types are reminiscent of the Humanist style.

Week 4

This design is very clever and funny, and has great typography too. The word design is a script type, but it doesnt have any swoshs' or embellishments, which is good because if it did it might have taken away from the image since it is over top of the picture. The seriffed type being the glass is varied in thickness which makes it interesting, and the serifs do not have brackets.