Design and produce another 11 x 17 (portrait) type-only poster inspired by 19th century wood type posters: tight fit and snug force-justified display type. An additional aspect is that from top to bottom, the typographic color moves from light to dark evenly. The poster will be set ALL in a sans or sans-serif face. You are allowed only CAPS, but have no limitation of fonts of the typeface as long as you use Roman type only. You may alter point sizes as necessary. 100% black type on white background, all text flush to baselines (no rotation or angling). The goal is to fit the provided quotation (with attribution and a design credit) into a rectangle that is flush even on all edges. Minimal tracking should be employed. Include the attribution of the quote and your design credit in the composition. Note: your text does not have to follow the line breaks given below.
THIS IS A DESIGN STUDIO
CROSSROADS OF CIVILISATION
REFUGE OF ALL THE ARTS
AGAINST THE RAVAGES OF TIME
ARMOURY OF FEARLESS TRUTH
AGAINST WHISPERING RUMOUR
INCESSANT TRUMPET OF TRADE
FROM THIS PLACE WORDS MAY FLY ABROAD
NOT TO PERISH ON WAVES OF SOUND
NOT TO VARY WITH THE WRITER’S HAND
BUT FIXED IN TIME HAVING BEEN VERIFIED IN PROOF
FRIEND YOU STAND ON SACRED GROUND
THIS IS A DESIGN STUDIO
AFTER BEATRICE WARDE (1932)
Due: Friday, July 18, 8:30 am.
3 responses so far ↓
Brandon Blevins // July 16, 2008 at 8:19 pm |
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Jason Smith // July 17, 2008 at 11:10 pm |
Are the spellings of “civilisation” and “armoury” intended in the quote?
kennethfg // July 17, 2008 at 11:39 pm |
Those are the British spellings of the words, as intended by Warde. She was born in the U.S. but spent her life in England and adopted mannerisms like that. It happens even if you don’t intend it. I write for a design magazine based in England and if I submit “color,” they change it to “colour.”