I H8 TXT TLK by carmtay

TYPE SPECIMEN FUTURA BY TAYLOR CARMICHAEL

I H8 TXT TLK Type Specimen Futura Font Family Applewood Publushing Co, 1245 Apple Avenue Toronto, ON Published 2016 Editor and Designer Taylor Carmichael Sample This GDES 301-0LA Typography 4 Humber College

LOL LMAO LMFAO LAUGH OUT LOUD

LAUGH MY ASS OFF

LAUGH MY F*CKING ASS OFF

FUTURA BOOK 72pt FUTURA BOOK 12pt

FUTURA BOOK OBLIQUE 72pt FUTURA BOOK OBLIQUE 19pt

For language use specific to the Internet, see Internet slang. SMS language or textese (also known as txt-speak, txtese, chatspeak, txt, txtspk, txtk, txto, texting language, txt lingo, SMSish, txtslang, txt talk, FUTURA BOOK F/L 7/10

FUTURA BOLD 72pt

or l33tsp34k) is a term for the abbreviations and slang commonly used with mobile phone text messaging, but sometimes used with other Internet-based communication such as email and instant messaging.

FUTURA BOLD 12pt

FUTURA BOLD F/R 7/10

RO FL

ROLL ON FLOOR LAUGHING

FUTURA BOLD OBLIQUE 142pt FUTURA BOOK OBLIQUE 11pt

IDK

I DON’T KNOW

IDKEN

I DON’T EVEN KNOW

IDC

I DON’T CARE

JUST KIDDING

OMG OH MY GOD

FUTURA LIGHT 12pt FUTURA LIGHT 8pt

FUTURA LIGHT OBLIQUE 14pt FUTURA LIGHT OBLIQUE 8pt

FUTURA BOOK 30pt FUTURA BOOK 12pt

Three features of early mobile phone messaging encouraged users to use abbreviations.Text entry was difficult, requiring multiple key presses on a small keypad to generate each letter. Messages were limited to 160 characters, and it made texting faster.

FUTURA LIGHT CENTER 6/8 FUTURA BOOK OBLIQUE 40pt FUTURA BOOK OBLIQUE 13pt

Once it became popular it took on a life of its own and was often used outside of its original context. At its peak, it was the cause of vigorous debate about its potentially detrimental effect on literacy, but with the advent of alphabetic keyboards on smartphones its use, and the contro-

FUTURA BOLD OBLIQUE 60pt

versies surrounding it, have receded.

FUTURA BOLD OBLIQUE 12pt

FUTURA BOOK JUSTIFIED 6/10

WHAT THE F*CK

FUTURA BOLD 72pt FUTURA LIGHT 16pt

XOXO XOXO XOXO 123456789 987654321 FUTURA LIGHT 30pt FUTURA BOOK 30pt FUTURA BOLD 30pt

UR GR8 YOUR GREAT

G2G

GOT TO GO

4evr

FOREVER

I I<LOVE 3 YOU U 2NIGHT TONIGHT

CYA L8R SEE YOU LATER

FUTURA LIGHT 8pt FUTURA LIGHT 8pt

FUTURA LIGHT OBLIQUE 10pt FUTURA LIGHT OBLIQUE 8pt

FUTURA BOOK 14pt FUTURA BOOK 8pt

FUTURA BOOK OBLIQUE 24pt FUTURA BOOK OBLIQUE 10pt

FUTURA BOLD OBLIQUE 36pt FUTURA BOLD OBLIQUE 12pt

:) ;) :P

FUTURA LIGHT 62pt

FUTURA BOOK 62pt

FUTURA BOLD 62pt

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FUTURA LIGHT OBLIQUE 62pt

FUTURA BOOK OBLIQUE 62pt

FUTURA BOLD OBLIQUE 62pt

FUTURA is a geometric sans-serif

nineteenth-century serif typefaces, in

typeface designed by Paul Renner in

favour of simple geometric forms Futura

1927. It was designed as a contri-

features near-perfect circles, triangles

bution on the New Frankfurt-project,

and squares.

based on geometric shapes that

The strokes are of near-even

became representative of visual

weight, which are low in contrast. The

elements of the Bauhaus design style.

font family features three weights; light,

Commissioned by the Bauer Type

book and bold. Each weight also has

Foundry, Futura was commercially

an oblique obtion. Futura makes for a

released in 1936.

clean versitile font.

Futura has an appearance of efficiency and forwardness. Although

Colophon:

Renner was not associated with the

Futura Light

Bauhaus, he shared many of its idioms

Futura Light Oblique

and believed that a modern typeface

Futura Book

should express modern models, rather

Futura Book Oblique

than be a revival of a previous design.

Futura Bold

Rennerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s design rejected the approach

Futura Bold Oblique

of previous sans-serif designs, which were based on the models of signpainting, condensed lettering and