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ypography is the art of the letterform, the visual communication of type, and how it reveals meaning
through the design of letters and words, to express an idea.

1.) “Word/Type-Art”

2.) Poster designs illustrating the history of a German font called Kabel which was a font
that was directly influenced by the Bauhaus movement, characterized by rounded, geometric shapes.
The poster was only supposed to use text, type elements and shapes with color - no illustration.

(click images to to view larger versions in PDF format)

To see more examples of the Koch typefaces, you can visit the Klingspor Foundry webiste:

http://www.klingspor-museum.de/EUeberdasMuseum.html

and to see other of his type fonts on Linotype: http://www.linotype.com/453/rudolfkoch.html.

The Kabel Book ITC font is available from MyFonts.com, published by Bitstream, at the link below:

http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/bitstream/itc-kabel/

To me, graphic design is a visual means of interpreting the world around you in an abstract or artistic way, using electronic or other two-dimensional media (i.e. print), combining things like colors, shapes, illustrations and typography to create something new and different that is unique, yet commonly recognizable, allowing the viewer to see something familiar in a new way. It is also a form of art and visual communication that we cannot do without. Graphic design is everywhere, but takes many forms and styles. While not exactly true art like painting its purpose is to communicate a feeling or a message to an audience in a clever, fun or engaging way. It embodies creating new things as well as recreating things that have already been made, i.e. tracing over a flag with Illustrator.

There are two types of graphic design that dominate the media world today: print design and onscreen design whether for the Internet and for things like TV and movies. Print design is different from web design in distinct ways. Web design is supposed to emulate printwork, but is constructed differently due to the limitations and non-permanent nature of the Internet, which is based on computer code and display onscreen. Print design by contrast, is a physical meda that can be posted on a wall as a poster, passed out as a flyer, a brochure, or printed as a book. Print and web design also use different color systems. They both have one thing in common though, which is the visual communication of ideas and information using similar elements such as typography, illustrations, photos, or “graphics.” Good graphic design is easily recognizable, but creating it is challenging and involves learning to see things in a totally new and innovative way, and to be able to use the programs effectively enough to accomplish this.

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Veerle poster competition entry:

What is Graphic Design?

 

my Flickr key words:

 

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Other fun, practice graphics:

 

 

Illustrator shapes created with pucker & bloat and effects filters:

 

A line pattern effect applied to text using the offset path with Illustrator - see Veerle’s tutorial, October 23rd.

Font: Blackoak Std

 

 

Knot design with different artbrush effects and Bauhaus ’93 font.
See: Veerle’s tutorial and creation, “Command Shape in Illustrator”

 

 

downloadable desktop image sized @ 1028 x 764
(works best as a centered background desktop for Windows)

 

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See Page 2 , for “Understanding Different File Formats on the Web”

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