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an illustrated poster with the letters and numbers in different styles, all on white background

A reinterpretation of a traditional timeline. I challenged myself by using only typography and a non-linear organization. Emphasis was given to the typeface design itself, rather than its historical information.

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an orange and yellow poster with the words typography on it's side

As part of my Color and Typography class, we were required to make a "History of Typography" timeline / infographic with at least eight key events from the development of typography.

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an advertisement for the wfg railway in red, black and white letters on a black background

Year: 2016 Category: Design - Single Title: Typography Poster Purely typographic poster designed focusing on a single typeface. The purpose of this assignment is to explore the anatomy of a typeface, its form, history, and cultural associations.

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some type of book covers with different font and numbers on the front, in various colors

The type specimen booklets to follow were an assignment for Advanced Typography at Munich University of Applied Sciences taught online by Professor Lorraine Donegan from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo in Ca

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a black and white poster with the words san's serif written on it

This layout was created with the restrictions of only using black and white. I set this restriction for myself to see if I could design something interesting without any other colors. Being that this piece is all about the invention of the sans serif font…

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a poster with different types of letters and numbers

The objective of this project was to become “masters” of a specific typeface. I was assigned to study Gotham, a san-serif typeface created in 2000. My outcome was to be two posters educating others on the anatomy and history of Gotham. The first was to be...

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