Original Imagery - Typefaces and designers

 Typeface styles  

Sans Serif 

In typography and lettering, a sans-serif or simply a sans letterform is one that does not have extending features called ‘serifs’ at the end of strokes. Sans-serif could date back to the Romans but towards the end of the 18th century, it started to gain popularity. Now there are many types of sans-serif typefaces which are all used for different purposes and audience. The use of sans-serif could be to convey simplicity and modernity or minimalism. 

 

An example of a type of sans-serif would be geometric. The typeface is based on geometric shapes like near perfect circles and squares. This typeface was popular from the 1920s and 1930s due to their clean and modern design. 

 

Serif 

In typography, a serif is a small line or stroke regularly attached to the end of a larger stroke in a letter or symbol within a particular font of family of fonts. It is believed that serif originated from Greek writings and gained popularity in the 19th century. Serif is usually used in lengthy text, such as books, newspapers and most magazines and it’s supposed to convey maturity. 

 

 Slab Serif  

Slab Serif is a typeface that is characterized by thick, block-like serifs. They were introduced in the early 19th century. This typeface formed a large and varied genre like memphis and rockwell which have a geometric design with minimal variation in stroke width. They are mostly used on newspapers with extremely bold, large characters to draw the reader’s attention. 

Script Faces

Script faces are based on the fluid stroke created by handwriting. These are often used for display or commercial printing since a script typeface can be a handmade script. In the past, it was supposed to be just a script for handwriting. The script typeface has evolved from the formal script to a casual script. Formal scripts were used in the 17th and 18th century in which letters with fine and thick strokes were created by a quill or metal nib of a pen. Casual scripts were less 'formal' and more active hand. The strokes was created with a wet brush instead and appeared in the early 20th century. Now, there are thousands of people making their own fonts to earn profit with the global font market size at USD 1.090 billion in 2023. 

Michal Batory

Michal Batory is a graphic designer and was born in Poland on August 25^th, 1959. He is best known for his unique work on posters which shows objects created out of unusual materials. His posters were shown in multiple exhibitions including his own individual ones. In high school, he followed artistic training for five years. In 1979, he took the competitive examination for the National School of Plastic Arts in Lodz. During his youth, he was deeply influenced by the posters in the street, which for him were the only spots that brightened up the streets.

 

This is one of his posters that has a lot of thought, yet it looks very simple. The top half of the poster has a boxing glove, and the bottom half has a dancing glove. This shows contrast between the violent nature of boxing and the elegance of the dancer. This image is very balanced because these two opposing natures cancel each other out which makes me have a neutral feeling to the poster.

This poster looks like it was made for a music festival/orchestra. This has feathers that were positioned to look like a plane. This poster creates a sense of relief and freedom. This could suggest that these are the feelings you’ll feel when listening to the music.