POSTER ASSIGNMENT

You will design two 11" X 17" posters, one for each typographer and their historic accomplishments in typography. They cannot bleed because your colleagues must be able to print them on the A+D printers for their books. Here's your chance to do something very different from your text page design. Twice. For each, you will do a short explanation on why you chose the text, the significance of the textdesign, and the historic period the poster reflects; you must also list the fonts, the point size, the leading, etc. Like the essays and art you scanned, these will become part of each person's book.

 

One poster will be a BROADSIDE:

"Traditional broadsides were printed on one side of a large sheet of paper then distributed (possibly folded) to get a message out.Contemporary printers have taken on the broadside as a fine art, frequently using the format to publish poetry and art."

Choose a quote either by or about your typographer, that has a significant amount of typography to execute in the style (or reflecting the era) of your chosen typographer. Text can be secured from your textbook or on-line research. If the quote is about your typographer, be sure to include attribution. Though not required, if it works for your design you may also want to include your typographer's dates and other "vital" data such as where they were born or where they worked.

The other poster will be an ADVERTISEMENT:

Like the first, this poster will be executed in the style (or
reflecting the era) of your other chosen typographer. Posters are generally meant to give people information (think of public service ads) or get people to do something (usually with their money). Imagine you've been hired by your typographer to help them sell whatever it is they've contributed to the field -- their innovation, new technology, service, or typeface design. Whether elegant or over-the-top, you have a lot of freedom here to teach, familiarize, or convince the viewer about your typographer's work.

The semester end will find us at Lark Sparrow Press printing an addendum of logos.