Introduction to Typography

These typographical pieces were created in response to an article we had to write about a chosen subject/issue. I chose to write about the negative impacts of the Lottery and how it fuels greed.

This piece resembles the "hidden side" to the lottery, shown by the layered paragraphs.

"A sudden fortune can be extremely traumatic." Created to resemble a heart monitor and a stock chart, the ascending lines contain positive words, and the descending lines negative.

This image is made up of syllables from the previous piece, the most pleasant sounding at the top in light green and the more harsh sounding towards the bottom in darker green, forming the lottery logo. This is supposed to show the mental frustration that takes place from the dream-come-true to the pit of loneliness that is far too common.

The final piece is made entirely from the letter "0" which resembles the shape of a coin. The intention was to show the attitude that so many people have towards money, and how it controls their lives.

The other half of the project was mostly researching and experimenting with typefaces, which the end result being an A1 poster of free reign. I chose to produce a broadside poster to promote the typeface "Sabon" :