Inspiration

I found these typographic illustrations on the same website from which I found the content for my illustration blog this week - (Yulia Brodskaya). I'm really fascinated by them. In general, I like designs with 3D type, but these two stand out to me especially because of the sense of space they create and the activity within their letter-forms. There is not a particular typeface used in these designs, as they were illustrated.  Each of them have sans-serif and serif characteristics.  To be honest, I don't know what the one with the S, H, K, Y, etc. says - any guesses? Obviously the message is not crucial to my judgment at the moment. I like how the letters in "kelly"have some straight edges and some curved.  I like to be surprised by different letters within a font - anything too predictable has its use for application, but is boring.

type the sky

Initially, I thought this image was a very cool photo project.  True, it was, but even further, it was created with the intent of making it a typeface!  It was created by Lisa Reinermann.  It has in deed been published by the German Type Foundry Slanted, titled "Type the Sky."  I thought this idea was particularly interesting because the artist had to look very hard to find all of the letter forms in the tops of sky-scrapers.  I'm sure there aren't many extra characters included in the font set considering the method of creation! I particularly like the "s."  

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Yucel - Workbook 32

This is an example of a clever typographic solution because the type represents the concept of the message. It is easily understood even though it's written backwards. I have to tilt my screen at a certain angle in order to see the text underneath which reads, "you just passed happiness."  The font of the logo element is handwritten, without serifs (unless you count the arrow), and in all caps.  I believe the font of the text below is Helvetica.  I'm not sure what this design was used for.