An example of badly-used type in cover art is Radiohead's In Rainbows. This sans serif font is just boring, hard to read over the image, and uses too many colors. It have any personality or convey what the band is like.
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Sunday, January 31, 2010
Week 1 | Mariotti
When finding type for this post, I decided to look at album cover art. An example of good type in cover art is The Kills' Midnight Boom. The sans serif font in the band name and the script font in the album name are bleeding a little at the edges, which shows that this band is sort of punk. Also, the script font doesn't connect some of its letters, which gives the font some personality.
An example of badly-used type in cover art is Radiohead's In Rainbows. This sans serif font is just boring, hard to read over the image, and uses too many colors. It have any personality or convey what the band is like.
An example of badly-used type in cover art is Radiohead's In Rainbows. This sans serif font is just boring, hard to read over the image, and uses too many colors. It have any personality or convey what the band is like.
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Good work, Allison! Album covers are ripe with examples of how type can work well or not so well. Are the Kills any good? That typeface seems really common on a lot of albums. It reminds me slightly of Lady GaGa's latest, but I don't think they're the same.
ReplyDeleteKeep up the good work!
Cheers,
paul