Interpret a Word or Phrase

Use a twist to enhance the meaning

The Brief

Give a word or short phrase a typographic treatment that enhances its meaning

Trim Size

Tabloid/A3

Learning Points

  • Customizing type

  • Combining the Shape Builder and Live Paint

  • Thinking about negative space

Tools

Illustrator

Fonts Used

Clarendon URW

Inspiration

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Word as Image, by Ji Lee: youtu.be/J59n8FsoRLE

A few years ago at a type-related conference one of the speakers mused about whether they were thinking over — or over thinking — a particular design problem. While the speaker and the topic have long been forgotten, that phrase rattled around inside Nigel’s head long after. It seemed like a phrase ripe for a typographic poster.

This kind of treatment is ...

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