typographic portraits | 2008 presidential candidates
typographic portraits of 2008 presidential candidates by GSU graphic design students.
The junior graphic design students at GSU creates fun typographic portraits of presidential candidates using words associated with each candidate’s campaign and has been featured on CNN iReport. Cheers to everyone in that class.
left: by Jason Dooley right: by Min-Sun Kim
typographic portrait of Obama by: Troy Bedingfield
typographic portrait of McCain by: Justin Godbey
GSU grd 4020 advance typography class blog.
Also i found this interesting typographic illustration website that animate type to form pictures.
Pick a font, turn up the music, and enjoy the show.
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creative use of typography
http://www.paletteindustries.com/
These are just a few pictures i found on creative use of typography.
http://www.johnpourhome.com
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typographic city posters
The folks over at Ork Design has created typographic city posters of various cities such as Los Angeles, Manhattan, Brooklyn, Boston, Chicago, and San Francisco. They actually look very cool and affordable.
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understanding web typography
Web typography has come a long way due to much improved browsers and text rendering. Web designers who fully understand typography will reap the benefits and will get the most out of it. Here are some resources out there to learn web typography. feel free to add more of your favorite type site by commenting.
this is a great resource website designed to inspire people to be more aware of the typography around them. Its a community dedicated to everything typography.
Another great typographic discussion board, type design critique forum.
Here are a few articles about web typography:
also check out
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