More Font posters

Bodini

Bodini Font Specimen Sheet, Just Creative Design, Jacob Cass
http://justcreativedesign.com/2008/03/17/what-is-a-font-flags-specimen-sheets/

I really like how this poster is layed out - the layers, the repetitive elements, the type following the curve of a letter form. The poster seems to have all of the graphic design elements: unity, emphasis, balance, rhythm, and depth. The designer's site does a great job of exlaining font speciment sheets and has many interesting and informative links.

Typography Posters

Marcos Crespo, student


Amanda Bonilla, student


Ursala Palladino, student


Brian Bellissimo, student


Katie Simari


These were several examples of student work found at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/vccgraphics/sets/72157594204888427/

These will help to inspire me on my own font poster. I was amazed at the variety!

Red Lobster Billboard

Red Lobster Billboard
North Mattis & I-74

I thought this was clever with a shrimp used as a G. It made me look so I guess it worked. I didn't have much luck identifying the font. The E wouldn't match any of the fonts suggested by online sources. It reminds me of the titling fonts mentioned in our textbook. It's definitely a serif and used as display text to advertise.

The letter "m"

Print, Mar/Apr 2000, p88
Iteineraria, BCPT Associati, poster

I found this poster interesting because of the play between the letter "m" and the negative space created by the fork. The letter "m" is the focal point but the interaction with the fork immediately draws your eye up and over to the red lettering explaining the event. The information block further grabs your attention because it is unexpectedly printed sideways. Great use of font to employ visual interest!
The font is Bodini, a serif style.

Sound Painting

Society of Illustrators 46th Annual of American Illustration, p186
Rudy Gutierrez, Roy Hargrove CD

I love the artwork on this CD cover. Roy Hargrove is a jazz trumpeter and the designer's goal was to create a "sound painting". I think the designer was successful. The warm, rich, vibrant colors used reflect the warmth and energy of the music and are representative of the stage lights. The black emphasizes nighttime and suggest the trumpeter is playing for a nightclub. The overall feeling I receive with the colors is that the people are in the dark recesses of a nightclub and the music is lightning the room. I like the looseness in form created by little dashes, unconnected lines, splashes and dots of color, the "torn" paper with the title that's been "carelessly" scratched through with crayon. All of these little details reflect the lack of uniformity jazz music strives to perfect.
It seems that each detail in this artwork contributes significantly to the composition. The emphasis is obviously on the trumpeter. Starting in the upper corner, your eyes are directed down the arm and trumpet toward the dancing couple. Notice how the trumpeter, the dog, and the man in the bottom corner are also looking at the dancing couple which are spotlighted by the bell of the trumpet. I kind of getting the impression that the trumpeter is an angel looking down from heaven. Perhaps he's Gabriel with the message of music.

Symphony Party

Graphis Design Annual 2004

I've lost my original source data for this poster, but this is what I remember. It was a poster for the Pittsburgh or Philadelphia Orchestra advertising a dinner celebeating it's 75th year. The poster caught my eye because the idea of a party and an orchestra seems like an oxymoron to me. I think of an orchestra as being a very serious, subdued event - the complete opposite of a party with horns and noisemakers. I liked the simplicity of the poster's image. It's very clean, very eye-catching. I wonder, though about the readability of the copy. In the book, it is next impossible to read. Hopefully, the actual poster was readable.