Pictograph

Type Test

1. (Top Left) 

Font: Zapfino Regular

Size: 14 pt

Auto Leading

Horizontal Scale: 1110%

2. (Top Right) 

Font: Cooper Std, Black Italic

Size: 12 pt

Auto Leading

Vertical Scale: 105%

Baseline Shift: 5 pt

3. (Centre) 

Font: Copperplate, Light

Size: 10 pt

Leading 18 pt

Tracking: -5

4. (Bottom Left)

Font: Rosewood Std, Regular

Size: 36 pt

Auto Leading

Kerning: -100

Horizontal Scale: 200

Baseline Shift: 1 pt

Skew: -5 degrees

5. (Bottom Right)

Font: Times New Roman, Bold

Size: 12 pt

Leading: 9 pt

Horizontal Scale: -75

Right alignment

Helvetica Documentary

Today in class we watched a documentary on Helvetica which was about the importance of specific fonts and typography.

Pedro Vidotto

I looked at the work of the Brazilian Graphic Designer and Art Director Pedro Vidotto who creates minimalist movie posters with single motifs that represent the film.






I then decided to create my own simplified movie poster for beauty and the beast. I used the epilictial tool to create the shape of a rose

 

First InDesign trial

I found this poster on the internet and decided to try and recreate it on InDesign. [outlawrave.deviantart.com]

I started by inserting text and boxes. I used a very standard red colour, rather than the burgundy colour used in the original image. When saving my first draft, I realised there were numerous unwanted lined for example around the word design. Therefore I went back and made sure to remove all the outlines.

The image on the left shows the final creation on InDesign. I then went on to Photoshop and changed the background colour by using the 'Replace Colour' tool (as seen in the image on the right).


I then added a paper texture with the blending mode screen

In design tutorials