Art History
The Street Poster: Type, Shape and a Glance
How late nineteenth-century street posters joined type and image, and what their glance still asks of a layout.
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typography
5 posts tagged "typography".
Design Basics
Five Poster Habits That Weaken a Design
Five ordinary poster habits that muddy a message, from too many fonts and starved margins to a leader no one can find.
Design Basics
Contrast in Size, Weight and Texture
How size, weight and texture create contrast when colour alone cannot separate the parts of a design.
Design Basics
Simple Grids for Posters and One-Page Layouts
How to set a simple column grid, align type and images to it, and stop a one-page layout drifting.
Design Basics
Pairing Typefaces Simply: A Beginner's Guide to Two Fonts
How to choose and combine two typefaces for posters, covers and pages, using contrast, restraint and a few easy checks.