Illustrate a Lyric with Type

Give a typographic voice to a favorite song lyric or quote

The Brief

Choose a song lyric or poem that you love and interpret it with type

Trim Size

Tabloid/A3

Learning Points

  • Creating effects with the Appearance panel in Illustrator

  • Choosing and combining type

Tools

Illustrator

Fonts Used

Rosewood, Poplar, Bodoni Poster, French Clarendon Ornamented, League Gothic, Blackoak, Adobe Wood Type Ornaments

Inspiration

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If you love music and you love type, what better way to combine the two than by interpreting a favorite lyric with typography? This kind of endeavor is a mainstay of crafty websites like Etsy. It’s also just a lot of fun. Our chosen lyric is from “Reasons to Be Cheerful, Part 3” by Ian Dury ...

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