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Creative Print Typography Layouts
In print design, typography is one of the more crucial aspects. Typography is essential the practice of organizing, arranging, and modifying type. The typography techniques uesed in print has a direct impact on how the reader is able to receive the image. In print, typography doesn’t have to be plain and boring. It can be beautiful, creative, and colorful. There are a number of ways to liven up typography, such as creative and original layouts, using color variations, use of fancy fonts, and much more.
This showcase will focus mostly on the layout and organization schemes. Below are about 40 different typographic layouts used in different fields of print such as brochure design, editorial design, and poster design.
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- 2April 21st, 2009 1:26 pm
Interesting Stuff, never thought of that before.
- 3April 21st, 2009 1:30 pm
great list man…that was impressive. The first one is the best to me…I really love the type/design
- 4April 21st, 2009 1:31 pm
Im about to format a 40 page product presentation document in indesign/acrobat. Anyone know of any good resources for inspiration on professional (corporate style) typography and layout for such use? This post is good but not what i need for my project. :) Thanks
- 5April 21st, 2009 1:33 pm
wonderful set of images. typography rOcKs! i just got a great idea!!! thanks for the inspiration.
- 6April 21st, 2009 1:36 pm
What a list, very much inspiration…thank you very much!
- 7April 21st, 2009 1:37 pm
wa wa wa wa wa
- 8April 21st, 2009 1:39 pm
Thank you!!! some real Eye candy the Nintendo cartridge cd is amazing.
- 9April 21st, 2009 1:46 pm
Great! I love this one! Some awesome inspirations in here. hmm.
- 10April 21st, 2009 1:50 pm
Thanks for yet another great post. Keep up the good work!
- 11April 21st, 2009 2:23 pm
Some smashing examples, thanks for this awesome list!
- 12April 21st, 2009 2:39 pm
Interesting, and beautiful, but I wish people would avoid using all capital letters in print media (and digital). The worst sin in typography, IMO. Legibility is far better without it.
- 13April 21st, 2009 3:09 pm
perfect!
- 14April 21st, 2009 3:25 pm
Isn’t this beautiful??
thanks!! for posting this… i really love your page…
- 15April 21st, 2009 3:32 pm
Nice post, thank you.
- 16April 21st, 2009 3:48 pm
Meh.
- 17April 21st, 2009 5:54 pm
Okay, while I agree that most of these are fantastic, a few of them have poor readability. That’s rather insane, considering how the text is so large on most of them, yet the contrast and legibility are… not good.
Some of them I had trouble reading. One or two I still cannot decipher. - 18April 21st, 2009 6:04 pm
very inspiring article…
- 19April 21st, 2009 6:21 pm
thank!
- 20April 21st, 2009 7:17 pm
One or two are great, some have interesting concept but I agree with barbarianbob, the bottom ones are really hard to read… and some concepts are overused.
- 21April 21st, 2009 9:18 pm
Perfect …!!!!
Keep it up….. - 22April 21st, 2009 10:20 pm
[ Ultimate ]
- 23April 21st, 2009 10:35 pm
Some layouts are really cool…
thanks for sharing - 24April 21st, 2009 10:41 pm
Impressed! Keep going on!
- 25April 21st, 2009 10:50 pm
Wonderful post, gave me a lot of inspiration!
- 26April 21st, 2009 11:28 pm
visual orgasm…
- 27April 21st, 2009 11:35 pm
one of the most beautiful post form SM… again, amazing!
- 28April 21st, 2009 11:41 pm
Generally, this is a good post. I’d like to question some of the stuff that are on the board though: while they may look cute on paper, the legibility and message is kind of… well, lost. A number of artworks up there aren’t even legible… and we are talking about PRINT here. Too much flourish, and function is completely out of the picture. So what’s the point of that second poster by Official Classic? Why did they use those cutesy, indistinguishable block letters? Or is making the readers lost the new thing in Print?
Shouldn’t Design be a balance of aesthetic and functionality?
- 29April 21st, 2009 11:46 pm
Very inspiring!
Beautiful post, thank you! - 30April 22nd, 2009 12:06 am
Great Post!
BTW can anybody provide some link where I can learn about the anatomy of book cover designing
- 31April 22nd, 2009 12:38 am
One of your best articles to date IMO :)
Great stuff, thanks.
- 32April 22nd, 2009 12:53 am
Great post,
thank you.Ps: why don’t you post an inspiring article for a ’serious’ typography exercise (e.g. health education…)
- 33April 22nd, 2009 2:03 am
i like it ;-)
- 34April 22nd, 2009 3:14 am
Most of em are sg like, shit onto a pianino and call it art….. ROFL
- 35April 22nd, 2009 3:19 am
Actually, I would love to see a post about mundane design and readability here on SM. Would be great for some laughs and lashings of the old ultra-violence. :3
- 36April 22nd, 2009 3:33 am
the list is way too long. make a selection first please
- 37April 22nd, 2009 3:36 am
All the examples here are very much belonging to a common style. For a much broader source of inspiration try Link
- 38April 22nd, 2009 3:38 am
Thanks, some cool typefaces and layouts to experiment with!
- 39April 22nd, 2009 4:06 am
Wow, excellent resources indeed! Thanks for sharing
- 40April 22nd, 2009 4:26 am
Lots of Beauty :)
- 41April 22nd, 2009 4:43 am
yeah! cool designs!
check out my contribution…
http://www.behance.net/Gallery/Interview-with-Thierry-Le-GouAs/116669 - 42April 22nd, 2009 6:17 am
gosh… some of those graphics are absolutely smashing =)
- 43April 22nd, 2009 6:45 am
Capslock is cruise control for…design?
- 44April 22nd, 2009 7:09 am
Is there a good book someone could recommend on typography for the web?
Thanks
NorthK
- 45April 22nd, 2009 7:45 am
…did I see boobs on the “99 Dingbats” one?
- 46April 22nd, 2009 8:10 am
I mean damn, what’s not to love about typography!! Great post! Great inspiration!
- 47April 22nd, 2009 8:25 am
Again, an overwhleming wealth of inspiration. I love you ESSEM!
- 48April 22nd, 2009 8:36 am
yup, boobies – finally some print stuff! keep it coming
- 49April 22nd, 2009 9:27 am
Nice print collection. Some good quality work.
- 50April 22nd, 2009 10:44 am
inspired….. salute to your collection.
- 51April 22nd, 2009 11:27 am
Exceptional work presented.
- 52April 22nd, 2009 12:19 pm
This is good stuff.
- 53April 22nd, 2009 1:00 pm
“The typography techniques uesed in print has a direct impact … ”
Honestly? Spelling and grammar should be most important; with design impact secondary. =)
- 54April 22nd, 2009 2:16 pm
fantastic.
I am always inspired by print design.
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- 56April 23rd, 2009 5:53 am
Not really a great selection. There’s life beyond full caps sans serif typefaces, although even the best exponents of those styles are missing from this list. Neville Brody? David Carson? Herb Lubalin gets a mention, but only in the context of someone else’s work – let’s see something from the man himself.
This might be the face of the typographical zeitgeist but it’s wide of the mark in terms of being even a basic overview of good print typography.
- 57April 23rd, 2009 6:58 am
Great article, I love that you put together all the sets too so you could see the typefaces in action rather than just one word examples.
- 58April 23rd, 2009 9:28 am
Yes, Yes, and yes again!
great selection, with some really great works.
Would love to see more articles like this! Thank you. - 59April 23rd, 2009 7:59 pm
很好，很专业。
- 60April 23rd, 2009 9:54 pm
awesome! This page is really inspire me.
Many thanks! - 61April 23rd, 2009 11:22 pm
Excellent..Inspirations…!!
- 62April 24th, 2009 1:30 am
awesome collection
- 63April 24th, 2009 3:05 am
Good collection of different styles, also some very cool fonts!
- 64April 24th, 2009 4:20 am
wow this is just an excellent collection and I’m amazed by it. Im loving it
- 65April 24th, 2009 5:06 am
this stuff looks so repetitive. I’m so tired of huge capitalized letters stacked one word on top of another floating over a neon gradients or pics of outer space. People need to quit ripping each other off. For great design that looks unique look at karlssonwilker.
- 66April 24th, 2009 12:53 pm
karlssonwilker’s wack
- 67April 25th, 2009 3:30 am
Where the hell can you learn to make so wonderful layouts. Did all these designers study it somehow?
- 68April 27th, 2009 6:14 am
inspiring to the bone!
- 69May 10th, 2009 11:33 pm
awesome collection
- 70May 24th, 2009 8:50 pm
Its really nice to see as a typoGRAPHY scence..
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