Type Classification Posters
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Before I started sketching my ideas for my poster, I went to Google for some inspiration. I first looked at type posters to see different creative ideas and stylistics. I then looked at different ideas and saw how other people made type classification posters. The type classification posters were very creative and were more interesting than just having everything laid out linear. Some of the posters didn’t have all the elements I was required to use, so I had to keep that in mind when looking at the type classification posters on the Internet for inspiration.
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Once I had some ideas about how I can approach the assignment, I started sketching. We had make 25 sketches and then choose our top three. From those three, we had to pick one. We made ten more sketches based on our one sketched we picked. And from those ten sketches, we pick our final sketch to work off of. In our type classification poster, we had to include: title of family classification, a paragraph of the history of the family, a list of other types set in the respective typefaces, upper and lowercase and numerals, and a large graphic letterform.
Out of my 25 sketches, I chose four to chose from. The sketch on the top left, I liked using the braces as the large graphic and then having a piece of required information set inside. The sketch on the top right, I thought about making a collage of letters as my large graphic and then setting the rest of text in a screen. The sketch on the bottom left, I thought about using an exclamation point run from the bottom to the top and having all the text flushed aligned to the punctuation. The sketch on the bottom right, I thought about having a large ‘o’ that bleeds off the page, then I would set my paragraph and type options inside the letter.
I decided to go with my first sketch using the braces. I made ten sketches based on that idea of using the braces. I really liked my first sketch so I kept it, but I had some other ideas too. I thought about changing the orientation of the paper, and making the braces take up the whole document. I really liked how the braces looked large — they were beautiful. Although, I didn’t like how the there wouldn’t be enough room for the rest of the required text. In the end, I used my first sketch.
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Posters
Garamond | Goudy Old Style | Minion Pro
Old style font was introduced in the 1600s. The font has little contrast between stem and hairline weight. It has heavily bracketed serifs that are cuffed like a foot arch and an oblique stress in the characters. Its
capital hight is shorter than the height of the lowercase ascenders. The terminals on the lowercase letters are shaped like teardrops. Old style type is an organic type to represent handwriting.
Old Style
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Century Schoolbook | Times | MrsEaves
Transitional type was introduced in the 1700s. The font has strong thick and thin contrast in weight of stem and hairline. The serifs are ďŹ nely bracketed and the charachters almost have a vertical stress. The capital
letters are the same height as lowercase assenders. The lowercase charachters are very short and wide and almost appear extended.
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Didot | Monterey | Dark Wind
Modern type was introduced in the 1800s. The font has extreme contrast of thick and thin in weight of stem and hairline. There is no bracketing of the serifs and there is a strong vertical stress. The lowercase letters
have small body height in proportion to cap height. The terminals on some letters are circular.
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Lucida Fax | Perpetua American Typewriter
Slab serif font was body height to lowercase introduced in the 1900s. letters. Slab serif fonts have There is little contrast of a vertical stress. thick and thin in weight of stem and hairline. There is little or no bracketing between stem and serifs. The characters have a large
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PaciďŹ co | Outage Cut | Birds f O Paradise
Decorative font is hard to read at text size. This style of font is used as headlines or as dropcaps in paragraphs. It was ďŹ rst applied to designing books. Decorative fonts were used for posters and billboards.
It was designed to be set in a large point size. The purpose of decerative type was to attract the attention of readers.
Decorative
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Gill Sans | Futura | Verdana
Sans serif font was stem and hairline optically introduced in the 1950s. appear even. The terminals are squared off. The charachters have no serifs. Its large body height is in proportion to its capital height. It has little stress because weights of
Sans Serif
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