Typography: examples

Typography is 'the art or process of setting and arranging types and printing from them.' Basically it is the use of words in artistic ways.

Typography can be used to create images linked to the words. This picture of a zebra is made up of the word zebra in different sizes and fonts; the words are visible so that we can understand what is happening but when we step away there is an interesting overall effect. I think it would be interesting to see how this could work for our project.

This image is also made up of words related to the image. The word 'bang' coming out of the gun is interesting and really makes us think about violence - this image would, for example, work well in a poster for a crime/mystery drama or a gritty street drama.

Some typography can have an interesting effect without being complicated or by having lots of words. This image is made up of words made out of candy. This technique is quite easy to create effectively as you can either actually make the words out of other objects or add an effect to the lettering on photoshop or another design site.