Historical Type Identification Poster

For my poster, I was inspired by the Bauhaus style and their use of colours such as red, blue and yellow. I wanted to create a poster that had a slightly modern and geometric feel to it so I decided to incorporate all my information in the form of square boxes. To give it a more logical and formal look, I decided to make a black border surrounding the paper. I also put black borders around the shapes in the center but not around the square shapes on the sides. This was part of my attempt to make the title really stand out first, then the black letters, then the colourful text boxes. I also made the background a very light yellow so that the red, blue and yellow stand out. Moreover, I put lines connecting each text so that the viewer would read blackletter first, then old style, then transitional, all the way to geometric. However, I could have improved in this aspect as the lines can confuse the viewer and it’s not exactly clear which text they are pointing to. It could also lead people to assume that Transitional, Modern and Display are all part of one group. If I were to redo this poster, I would probably not include the lines. I could have also drawn a simple arrow connecting all the texts without any spaces instead. Overall, I would give myself an 8.5 for the amount time, thought and effort I put into it. I spent a lot of time sketching and trying out different layouts. As a result I had to restart more than two times which led me to spending 20+ hours on this poster, including the time spent on research and writing this post. I would knock 1.5 marks for not planning a mockup of my design digitally (this led me to restart several times and excessive erasing). I did ultimately end up creating a digital version of my design, but I wish I had started it earlier. I also didn’t like the use of the red lines on my poster so I would take a point off for that. Ultimately I am satisfied with the look of the poster overall so I think I deserve an 8.5.

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