Word Mark

After doing this weeks homework I looked up some more hand drawn type faces and I really like this one just because of its humor and wit. In case you missed it its called the face of disaster and each character is a way you could die or be injured. Good stuff.

Identifont identified this font as cg Heldustry. This was on a website displaying award winning typographic posters and this one stood out to me because it is so familiar. The type face is sans serif, the capital R has a curved foot, the bar on the capital G has a bar to the left and a descending foot.

Garamond

French publisher and master type face designer Claude Garamond (1480-1561) knew his job well, everything from type setting to book binding. The type face named after him is an old style serif with top serifs slanting downward as well as long extenders. This highly readable font is fluid, consistent, and eco-friendly. Garamond was the font of the French royal court and has inspired many other type designs that came later but still pay tribute in name.

Snake

This is a cool idea. This artist used diseases and illnesses to create a snake. The type used is some kind of old style serif, it looks kind of gothic to me but I still dont know yet.

Typographic Portrait

I was looking online for ideas for the first exercise and found this cool typographic portrait. I especially like how the clothes are made from layered letters. Even the shading is done with type. I dont know yet what font is used but it is serifed and italic over all but there is also some sans serif regular type in places like his arm.

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