Type, Image, Composition 1: Type Poster

              In the first workshop in the physical studio, our focus was type posters. We looked at three different fonts, all from different eras. We were tasked to create three different typography posters, each one inspired by a different one of the three fonts. As for what the poster would say, we had to pick words or phrases from our horoscope, to eliminate wasting time pondering what to draw and to allow more time to just get on producing work. The three fonts we were given were Baskerville Bold, Cooper Black and Futura Bold.

 Baskerville is a serif typeface and the oldest of the three, it was created by John Baskerville in 1750s Birmingham. It was seen as a transitional typeface from what we now call old style typefaces. With an increased contrast between thicker and thinner strokes. Cooper Black came next, it was created in 1922 by Oswald Bruce Cooper. It became known as “the black menace” by Printmakers as it was such a thick font with fewer thinner strokes it required more ink to print and was therefore costlier to print. The most recent of the three typefaces is Futura, this sans-serif typeface was created by Paul Renner in 1927. Based on geometric shapes, like the Bauhaus designs of the time. Below are my three type posters produced in the workshop, based on Baskerville, Cooper and Futura respectively.