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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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  1. 1
    Max Dominguez
    April 21st, 2009 1:24 pm

    great inspiration

  2. 2
    Rich
    April 21st, 2009 1:26 pm

    Interesting Stuff, never thought of that before.

  3. 3
    yeah
    April 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

  4. 4
    now
    April 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

  5. 5
    rex
    April 21st, 2009 1:33 pm

    wonderful set of images. typography rOcKs! i just got a great idea!!! thanks for the inspiration.

  6. 6
    Joris_Lucius
    April 21st, 2009 1:36 pm

    What a list, very much inspiration…thank you very much!

  7. 7
    wa wa wa
    April 21st, 2009 1:37 pm

    wa wa wa wa wa

  8. 8
    Mike@ssm
    April 21st, 2009 1:39 pm

    Thank you!!! some real Eye candy the Nintendo cartridge cd is amazing.

  9. 9
    Lydizzle
    April 21st, 2009 1:46 pm

    Great! I love this one! Some awesome inspirations in here. hmm.

  10. 10
    Jan
    April 21st, 2009 1:50 pm

    Thanks for yet another great post. Keep up the good work!

  11. 11
    nnes
    April 21st, 2009 2:23 pm

    Some smashing examples, thanks for this awesome list!

  12. 12
    Craig
    April 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.

  13. 13
    Bruno Natal
    April 21st, 2009 3:09 pm

    perfect!

  14. 14
    Sergio
    April 21st, 2009 3:25 pm

    Isn’t this beautiful??

    thanks!! for posting this… i really love your page…

  15. 15
    Okibi
    April 21st, 2009 3:32 pm

    Nice post, thank you.

  16. 16
    Bert
    April 21st, 2009 3:48 pm

    Meh.

  17. 17
    barbarianbob
    April 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.

  18. 18
    ardyonline
    April 21st, 2009 6:04 pm

    very inspiring article…

  19. 19
    francisa
    April 21st, 2009 6:21 pm

    thank!

  20. 20
    pamchoo
    April 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.

  21. 21
    devpkj
    April 21st, 2009 9:18 pm

    Perfect …!!!!
    Keep it up…..

  22. 22
    Nitesh
    April 21st, 2009 10:20 pm

    [ Ultimate ]

  23. 23
    Assa
    April 21st, 2009 10:35 pm

    Some layouts are really cool…
    thanks for sharing

  24. 24
    Jaap
    April 21st, 2009 10:41 pm

    Impressed! Keep going on!

  25. 25
    Patrik
    April 21st, 2009 10:50 pm

    Wonderful post, gave me a lot of inspiration!

  26. 26
    Mike
    April 21st, 2009 11:28 pm

    visual orgasm…

  27. 27
    m_dzo
    April 21st, 2009 11:35 pm

    one of the most beautiful post form SM… again, amazing!

  28. 28
    anne_nime
    April 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?

  29. 29
    OverZero.it
    April 21st, 2009 11:46 pm

    Very inspiring!
    Beautiful post, thank you!

  30. 30
    Neeraj Kumar
    April 22nd, 2009 12:06 am

    Great Post!

    BTW can anybody provide some link where I can learn about the anatomy of book cover designing

  31. 31
    Fodcj
    April 22nd, 2009 12:38 am

    One of your best articles to date IMO :)

    Great stuff, thanks.

  32. 32
    http://www.diecastlovers.com
    April 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…)

  33. 33
    bryan
    April 22nd, 2009 2:03 am

    i like it ;-)

  34. 34
    mr.required
    April 22nd, 2009 3:14 am

    Most of em are sg like, shit onto a pianino and call it art….. ROFL

  35. 35
    Quakeulf >:3
    April 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

  36. 36
    david
    April 22nd, 2009 3:33 am

    the list is way too long. make a selection first please

  37. 37
    r_jake
    April 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

  38. 38
    Tom Bradshaw
    April 22nd, 2009 3:38 am

    Thanks, some cool typefaces and layouts to experiment with!

  39. 39
    John Sommers
    April 22nd, 2009 4:06 am

    Wow, excellent resources indeed! Thanks for sharing

  40. 40
    Kilian
    April 22nd, 2009 4:26 am

    Lots of Beauty :)

  41. 41
    RolsRice
    April 22nd, 2009 4:43 am

    yeah! cool designs!
    check out my contribution…
    http://www.behance.net/Gallery/Interview-with-Thierry-Le-GouAs/116669

  42. 42
    stope [CZ]
    April 22nd, 2009 6:17 am

    gosh… some of those graphics are absolutely smashing =)

  43. 43
    sn
    April 22nd, 2009 6:45 am

    Capslock is cruise control for…design?

  44. 44
    NorthK
    April 22nd, 2009 7:09 am

    Is there a good book someone could recommend on typography for the web?

    Thanks

    NorthK

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    Disposable_Hero
    April 22nd, 2009 7:45 am

    …did I see boobs on the “99 Dingbats” one?

  46. 46
    Paul
    April 22nd, 2009 8:10 am

    I mean damn, what’s not to love about typography!! Great post! Great inspiration!

  47. 47
    Vincent
    April 22nd, 2009 8:25 am

    Again, an overwhleming wealth of inspiration. I love you ESSEM!

  48. 48
    steve
    April 22nd, 2009 8:36 am

    yup, boobies – finally some print stuff! keep it coming

  49. 49
    Edward
    April 22nd, 2009 9:27 am

    Nice print collection. Some good quality work.

  50. 50
    Prashant Poladia
    April 22nd, 2009 10:44 am

    inspired….. salute to your collection.

  51. 51
    Predrag Drljaca
    April 22nd, 2009 11:27 am

    Exceptional work presented.

  52. 52
    Rob Russo
    April 22nd, 2009 12:19 pm

    This is good stuff.

  53. 53
    sage
    April 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. =)

  54. 54
    jessica
    April 22nd, 2009 2:16 pm

    fantastic.

    I am always inspired by print design.

  55. 55
    BORABORA
    April 22nd, 2009 2:39 pm

    Thanks for featuring my Avant Garde Gothic booklet!
    You can see more images on my website : .
    Best wishes
    BORABORA

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    zook
    April 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.

  57. 57
    Claire
    April 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.

  58. 58
    SyeSye
    April 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.

  59. 59
    Kent
    April 23rd, 2009 7:59 pm

    很好,很专业。

  60. 60
    adjie
    April 23rd, 2009 9:54 pm

    awesome! This page is really inspire me.
    Many thanks!

  61. 61
    rehman
    April 23rd, 2009 11:22 pm

    Excellent..Inspirations…!!

  62. 62
    pica-ae
    April 24th, 2009 1:30 am

    awesome collection

  63. 63
    Mark Taylor
    April 24th, 2009 3:05 am

    Good collection of different styles, also some very cool fonts!

  64. 64
    sam_khrap
    April 24th, 2009 4:20 am

    wow this is just an excellent collection and I’m amazed by it. Im loving it

  65. 65
    John Briggs
    April 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.

  66. 66
    charlie porker
    April 24th, 2009 12:53 pm

    karlssonwilker’s wack

  67. 67
    Elli
    April 25th, 2009 3:30 am

    Where the hell can you learn to make so wonderful layouts. Did all these designers study it somehow?

  68. 68
    nasip
    April 27th, 2009 6:14 am

    inspiring to the bone!

  69. 69
    Kash
    May 10th, 2009 11:33 pm

    awesome collection

  70. 70
    Mohammad Raihan Mazumder
    May 24th, 2009 8:50 pm

    Its really nice to see as a typoGRAPHY scence..

  71. 71
    Mohammad Raihan Mazumder
    May 24th, 2009 8:57 pm


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