Typography: Its Everywhere!

Below are a few examples of Typography in things we see everyday.

The first is an example of a poster from 2003. The typography is not Helvetica. Modest Mouse is an Indie band from Issaquah, Washington.  I really like what the artist did with the entire poster and the typography. Its unorthodox and it works with what is going on in the poster. The important information is in bold letters. The big blue head is the center of attention but the psychedelic waves emiting from the head lead you to the venue and the name of the band

The second is my journal that i purchased in 2010. The typography is copying a comic book. Its bubly and some of it in bold to emphasize the reactions of this dynamic duo. While the words are everywhere we are taught to read from left to right. This type of typography is something that one is accustomed to find in a comic book.

The final picture is a typograhpy from an old book that I found in the library. The text is all fancy to emphasize the times of the author. Robert Burns is a Scottish poet of the 18th century. The text reflects the times because of all the ornaments that surround the text and the fanciness of the words themselves. Unfortunatly I did not read the book I only looked at this page. I am pretty sure that the rest of the book is not in this text. The opening page is like this to grab the attention of the reader.

I do not have any pictures of the last example that I want to use. I looked at three of the novels that I have in my room to see if there was a difference in the text. To my surprise there was not. I believe that the text is Times New Roman but do not quote me on that. All of the novels were published in the 21st century so I am sure that was a major influence in the way that the text was portrayed. Since watching that documentary in class I will never look at words the same

Image Credit: Dennis Zaragoza

Modest Mouse Poster

My Journal

Crazy Old Book (found in Gardner-Webb Library)