Wednesday, April 29, 2015
Project #7 / Strahan / All Things Must Pass
Here's an update of my Project #7, the "All Things Must Pass" poster. I purchased ($8) the font used for the title of George Harrison's album by the same name, and used that for the poster header (Abbott Old Style). I also made other recommended changes. What do you think?
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Nice font - it was worth the purchase. Some thoughts:
ReplyDeleteThe words that you are emphasizing in the quote are actually disappearing. The color is almost exactly the same value as the background value - so even though the colors are different the similar values are creating a very low contrast environment. Instead of using another color, I suggest you stay with white type and use expressive typography instead. Why not incorporate your newly purchased font for the words you want to emphasize?
I question the words that you ARE emphasizing. Are they really the most important ones? Do they represent the meaning of the quote? I don't think so. Say just the current red words out loud - do they "sum up" what the whole quote communicates? What words would do this?
It's important that you do use expressive typography here, but let's make sure the expressiveness helps the reader understand the quote.
The byline should sit slightly below the quote, with a bit more negative space separating it from the quote than simply the normal leading. This will help us see the quote as a "chunk" and the byline as a separate bit of content.
Hope this helps.