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About this book Concept Composition is the organization or grouping of the different parts of a work of art so as to achieve a unified whole. Although typographic composition utilizes the same basic compositional concepts that are part of all visual arts, there are unique ways that typography relates to each of these concepts. By forming relationships between the elements, and incorporating visual concepts in abstract ways, a new and more open relationship with typography is achieved. Shown on the following pages, the exploration of typographic composition started with simple elements--three letterforms--and became a process of identifying abstract concepts as they became visualized. Additional elements were added each week, and new relationships evolved as we explored positive/negative and texture image use.
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Keeping the three letters from the previous assignment, I have now included three words, the words do not have to have any particular meaning or association with each other. Each letter and word is set in Didot typefaces. Using only the three letters and three words, I created the following compositions in different way.
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