Creative Movie Poster Typography
Typographic movie posters an exploration of movie poster design using almost nothing but typography.
Creative movie poster typography. From illustration to photography 3d art to clever typography placement here we ve picked out 16 of our favourite movie posters of 2016 that thought outside of the box. It is the placement of letters to be printed in a certain order and way and has become increasingly popular for typography posters as well as print advertising and marketing. Without typography a movie poster is just an image.
Below are 50 posters that rely heavily on typography or use typography creatively. Typography has been around since the 19th century when stamps were used with rearranged lettering for traditional printing presses. So without further ado in reverse order.
Metaphor based designing word based designing and curve based designing. As snazzy as they are these posters were called out for plagiarism. By rafael van winkel art director at art machine typography can present a challenge for graphic designers especially in the context of movie poster design.
It follows that typography can be an extremely useful and critical tool in poster design. According to tomasz opasinski all posters can be categorized into three basic groups. The posters show once again how creative type can be.
Today there is a different technique but the general idea is the same. Before they caused controversy these posters for the forthcoming standalone han solo movie caught the world s attention with their inventive yet nostalgic typography design. In this realm it can be difficult to break some common typography trends while still creating a successful eye catching poster design.
Movie posters not only hint at the storyline of the film it also gives the studio a chance to get creative sometimes. Typographic movie posters is a personal project where i challenged myself to re design existing movie posters with the purpose of improving myself on different aspects of design i am unfamiliar with. The graphic designers have used bold typefaces contrasting and bright colors.
As a result there s a de. Without a title there would be no movie. And if you re in the united states happy 4th of july.
Most were created by the film houses themselves but a few are from creative minds that envisioned what could have been if typography had been used as the vehicle of choice. Typography is a wonderful tool. The following compilation represents 30 posters that are both impressive and inspiring.
It helps further express the emotion tone feeling and style in your image.
