Out of This World Typography
On the last type-inspiration post, we showcased some incredible black and white typography. We’ve also gathered the ultimate collection of nature-inspired typography.
Today, we will be showcasing outer space typography. This is probably my favorite style of design. There is so much that you can do with the outer space, galaxy style. While it is not really appropriate to use in most client projects, it is a very fun effect to implement on your own personal projects.
Because I really enjoy this design style, this will be a two series post.
- Part I: Out of This World Typography
- Part II: Out of This World Tutorials
It’s amazing what atists are able to create using this design style. By the way, this style allows for lots of creativity. Planets, galaxies, nebulas, comets, asteroids, lighting effects, textures, shiny objects, and a lot more elements are at your disposal to use. Some of the designs are very clean and simple, while some use a lot of different effects. Also, the use of vibrant, bright, and bold colors are very common. The reason why the designs look really good is because of the contrast. Most of the designs feature a dark, space background while using very bright colors for the text and lighting effects.
Let’s go ahead and view 50 stunning, outer space typography creations that are definitely out of this world.
Part I: Out of This World Typography
Note: Please click on the images to see them in their websites and to learn more about their artists.
"Part II: Out of This World Tutorials" will be posted in the next few days.
So what are your thoughts about the outer space design style? Do you like it or do you hate it? Which ones are your favorite and why? Please make sure that you join in on the discussion and leave your thoughts below.
By the way, 3 of the designs above were created by me. Can you guess which ones? The first person to leave a comment with the right response will get a Google Wave invite, if you want it. :)
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Jordan Austin
December 9th, 2009 11:20 pmAwesome list, some of these are really amazing and you gotta love the retro ones too!
Lam Nguyen
December 9th, 2009 11:23 pmCool! I love color, so the more colorful, the more I love :D
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Waheed Akhtar
December 9th, 2009 11:29 pmLoving these typos. Really cool. Thanks for sharing them
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Jad Limcaco
December 9th, 2009 11:31 pm@ Jordan – Yeah, I agree, retro is awesome as well!
@Lam, @Waheed – Glad you guys liked it. Thanks for commenting!
ryan
December 10th, 2009 12:20 amWeren’t these all 80s hair metal bands?
Erik Ford
December 10th, 2009 12:33 amBeing a child of the 70′s, I was pleasantly surprised to see the return of this style of artwork over the last couple of years.
I think all of these examples are all quite beautiful in their own way. But what really pulls this style of work together for me is the choice of typography and how that type is manipulated into interesting artwork in its own right. For that reason I am drawn to the “Happy Christmas 09″ for the simple, yet effective, way the type was modified. The end result are these interesting linear patterns that are more striking than the nebula background.
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michael
December 10th, 2009 12:42 amGreat list! Good work!
Michael
Kawsar Ali
December 10th, 2009 12:46 amReally cool love it
Jad Limcaco
December 10th, 2009 1:04 am@Ryan – :)
@Erik – I agree! The type manipulation on that piece is excellent. It really makes that design to the next level.
@Michael, @Kawsar – Thanks guys!
MSinteur
December 10th, 2009 1:26 amThose are some brilliant designs. Love the retro 2009 one!
Marco
December 10th, 2009 2:13 amAbsolutely beautiful to see – thanks for this! Very inspirational :)
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Joe Vains
December 10th, 2009 2:23 amYeah ! Great selection ! Thanks !!! ;)
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Richie
December 10th, 2009 2:29 amSimply awesome…. what vibrance…. the color and the glow simply brings out a new dimension…
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Petrus
December 10th, 2009 2:45 amThank you for this beautiful showcase of typos. Very colorful i like it.
Dee
December 10th, 2009 3:01 amThis is a great post. I definitly re-tweeted it on my @artisamor twitter account. Much Love.
~Dee
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Zugvogel
December 10th, 2009 3:08 amWonderful inspiration. Especially the “Don’t panic!”.
Zen White
December 10th, 2009 6:10 amGreat work, with so many diverse & inspiring examples. I particularly liked the symbolism in Collision, Fuel, Flight, & Chasing Day Light. Their design embodied their meaning, which to me made them more powerful. Very inspiring, thanks!
~Zen~
h1brd
December 10th, 2009 6:50 amSimply amazing, quality level way up :)
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Eric Washburn
December 10th, 2009 6:58 amlove retro designs, these are brilliant! love the “helvetica g”
Matt Ward
December 10th, 2009 7:31 amCool stuff here. I’ve seen some of these before, but most of them are new to me. Always love interesting typographical designs!
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BebopDesigner
December 10th, 2009 8:12 amAmazing collection! I had never seen most of these. Thanks for sharing.
typegoodness
December 10th, 2009 10:04 amloving this style, another great post on type.
keep up the good work
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Web Design Sheffield
December 10th, 2009 10:30 amSome truly galactic stuff here, thanks
Cant wait for the tutorial part 2
Keep it up
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Designerfoo
December 10th, 2009 10:58 amGreat! Loved it! absolutely loved it!
Jeremy
December 10th, 2009 11:01 amthe “g” Helvetica one is awesome. Great roundup for inspiration!
Denny Eng
December 10th, 2009 1:45 pmwho made that “vigilant” one. looks great!
Magic Aimee
December 10th, 2009 1:55 pmStunning, absolutely amazing.
I wish my human was this creative.
Jenna Molby
December 10th, 2009 2:19 pmThese are awesome, thank you!
Juan
December 10th, 2009 4:52 pmGreat selection!!!
Blogger Den
December 10th, 2009 8:07 pmThese fonts are amazing, literally out of this world! If I could ever make fonts like this in Photoshop I would be so grateful
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Bluefaqs
December 10th, 2009 8:23 pmGreat collection! Can’t wait to see the followup post on tutorials.
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blueskytiger
December 10th, 2009 9:04 pmbeautiful/popping colors/designs……:)
8207h32
December 11th, 2009 2:21 amOMG.. great collection! thanks for sharing..
loswl
December 11th, 2009 7:08 amVery nice collection, gives me a lot of inspiration, I love that last one, very original!
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Joalfran Pérez
December 11th, 2009 7:37 amIncreible!, geniales muestras!
Tyler
December 11th, 2009 8:07 amVery Nice collection.
I really enjoyed the 6th one down the list. It’s very nicely done.
Tom - Airopia
December 11th, 2009 4:27 pmNice collection!
Tom - Airopia
December 11th, 2009 4:32 pmJust noticed that our latest feed item comes up in these comments. Pretty cool.
Is this a Joomla! comment extension?
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Jad Limcaco
December 11th, 2009 4:41 pm@Tom – Thanks for the comments. And no, this isn’t Joomla. It is WordPress. The plugin is called CommentLuv.
Check out the WordPress plugins that I use here.
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IVAN
December 11th, 2009 6:23 pmjust awesome ! ♥
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Zoe
December 12th, 2009 4:42 amVery inspiring! Not your typical typography list :)
Stannmusic
December 12th, 2009 1:21 pmI really love this article, the colors are so wonderfull mixed! I have found one too, I don’t know if it fits perfectly with the others but I like it: http://www.minusplus.nl/ning/header_SFG.jpg?v=200912101700
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Luis Pedroza
December 15th, 2009 8:06 amThese are amazing. I would love to use this styling w/ my new blog design.
SupaPanda
December 15th, 2009 10:32 amTechnically those grafiks rocks even if i prefered your article on the black and white typo
Thanks!
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Jad Limcaco
December 17th, 2009 12:08 pmEveryone, thank you for all the compliments and kind words about the showcase. I’m glad that all of you found it inspiring. Feel free to design your own “Out of This World” type and submit it to the Flickr group. Thanks again! :)
Ahsan Altaf
December 25th, 2009 6:35 amSimply amazing. I like the last one best.
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Jad Limcaco
December 28th, 2009 10:58 amYes, that “SUN” piece is really one of my favorites as well.
Igor Ivankovic
December 25th, 2009 7:32 amThis is one cool colection of great typo! I adore the simple messages and the great use of space around them! bravo to all!!!
Jad Limcaco
December 28th, 2009 10:59 amThanks for the compliments Igor. It took a while to compile all this, but it’s worth it because of all the people that liked it.
Michelle
December 28th, 2009 3:50 amwow these are amazing :)
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Jad Limcaco
December 28th, 2009 10:59 amSo amazing indeed! :D
Iniwoo
December 29th, 2009 3:12 pmMust have taken a lot of time to collect so many great art works, thanks for great inspiration ;)
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Jad Limcaco
December 29th, 2009 5:52 pmIt did take a long time but it was all worth it. You’re welcome. :)
Ramon Thompson
January 2nd, 2010 1:56 pmAwesome list! I’m a big fan of the Retro coloured ones. Thanks for sharing!
Jad Limcaco
February 6th, 2010 4:55 pmYou are welcome. Yes, the retro-colored ones are great.
Artboy34
January 5th, 2010 7:31 amWhile there are some stunning and beautifully executed examples here, I just need to point out that typography needs to also effectively communicate the message. Some of these are so overly designed that the words are barely decipherable. If you need to work that hard to figure out what they’re saying, how are these worthy of being included as fine examples in a showcase?
Jad Limcaco
February 6th, 2010 4:56 pmI definitely agree with you in that respect. But the showcase was about outer space typography, and I never mentioned that these were incredibly useful. The showcase is more about the effects. ;)
Anyway, thanks for sharing your thoughts.
LisbonSky
January 21st, 2010 4:47 pmA beautiful selection of typography genius & mastery… Love it!
Jad Limcaco
February 6th, 2010 4:57 pmCool! It’s nice to hear that you loved the collection. :)
Chris Fernandez
February 3rd, 2010 9:01 pmI’m upset I didn’t see this list right when it came out! Very cool to go through and mentally decipher how these are done… and sometimes just chalk it up to some true PS wizardry.
‘Disco at the Edge of the Universe’ & ‘A Funk Odyssey’ were standouts among the list of greats!
Jad Limcaco
February 6th, 2010 4:58 pmHi Chris, thanks for stopping by. I hope that this post has allowed us to keep you as a regular visitor. Thanks for the compliments.
And yes, those two designs that you mentioned are really nice. :)
Adaptiv Media
February 7th, 2010 6:59 amThese are all pretty good but the ‘Value’ one is my favourite.
Could look really good as a motion graphic.
Cheers.
Jad Limcaco
February 7th, 2010 4:10 pmHi, thanks for stopping by and leaving a comment. I appreciate it. Cheers to you as well! :)
Hian Battiston
March 24th, 2010 6:45 pmAll of them are amazing, I really love it!
Thanks so much for sharing!
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Web Design Maidstone
March 24th, 2010 7:34 pmQuire like Chasing Daylight but for me they are all a bit “mystic” or what have you
Philippe Alves
March 26th, 2010 6:55 amI’ll vote for the “Children of the Idiom” and “A Sound Supreme” that I would accompany with some great classical music (The Planets). As for the others, some are too hard to read, some really makes me think about Hard Rock bands (Striker) and some about epic/kitch Sci Fi movies (“The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy”,”Star Wars”).
Jad Limcaco
April 2nd, 2010 2:24 amHaha, you know what? They do remind me of those things as well. I do agree with you that some are a little hard to read, but they all definitely get your attention.
Marcell Purham | Webdevtuts
October 14th, 2010 9:59 amThis is very good typography work. I think typography is a very hard thing to master but it very creative and clean if you can master it :). Very inspirational post.