Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Hand Rendered

I was looking around campus to find hand rendered type, and while I was walking through my dorm I saw these signs are written by hand. These signs are everywhere around the residential side of campus telling everyone what is and isn't allowed to be done. These signs are seen everyday by most of the students residing on campus, and they are all done by hand.

Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Historically Influenced Type




I was looking throughout the art building to find type that would be historically influenced. I found this poster right outside one of the rooms and this looks just like the De Stijl style that originated in Holland. It represents this style because it uses flat geometric shapes to seperate everything, and the color in it is all primary. Also the font that is in here is sans serif which is typical in the De Stijl style.

Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Naturally Occuring Letterform



I found this image to represnt naturally occuring letterform while I was sitting outside my dorm near some flowers. I saw that leaves created the outline for an uppercase "A" and there was a piece of mulch that stood out that formed the crosshatch of the A. The negative space in between the leave forms the closed and open counter of the uppercase A.