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25 Beautiful Examples Of Typography Portraits

obamaTypography now is one of the most important tools in the creative design, a word or a letter is not counted as what it is it’s counted as a pixel or a point used to draw the elements of design.

Before typography was used only as drawing characters and letters used in books or posters. Just as lettering design or to improve the looks of a front page.

Display typography is a potent element in graphic design, where there is less concern for readability and more potential for using type in an artistic manner. Type is combined with negative space, graphic elements and pictures, forming relationships and dialog between words and images.

Color and size of type elements are much more prevalent than in text typography. Most display typography exploits type at larger sizes, where the details of letter design are magnified. Color is used for its emotional effect in conveying the tone and nature of subject matter.

Display typography encompasses:

* posters; book covers;
* typographic logos and wordmarks; billboards;
* packaging and labeling; on-product typography; calligraphy;
* graffiti; inscriptional and architectural lettering;
* poster design and other large scale lettering signage;
* business communications and promotional collateral; advertising;
* wordmarks and typographic logos (logotypes),
* and kinetic typography in motion pictures and television; vending machine displays; online and computer screen displays.

We gathered in this Article some of the most amazing designs made by typography  to draw portraits and we have to admit it’s amazing how these artists managed to show off the real faces using type letters.

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Posted on Friday, August 14th, 2009 at 9:15 am | Category: Offer, Portfolios, freebies, news, studio | Tags: , , , , , , ,

17 Responses to “25 Beautiful Examples Of Typography Portraits”

  1. Nikky says:

    WoW, + favs. /o/
    And… Obama FTW >D

  2. Best article, lots of intersting things to digest. Very informative

  3. Peter says:

    Very interesting and amusing subject. I read with great pleasure.

  4. Iwan says:

    Its amazing…It’s an sexy art. But how to make it??would youlike to give me the tutorial??and what program should I used…Thanks alot.
    Send to my mail,rgds

  5. Fercho says:

    Yeah! it’s amazing your work, I’d like to know how did you do that?

  6. quophi says:

    wow those are some amazing work you have there, how can i get tutorials for these

  7. lidia says:

    :?: :idea: can you please make my face in the same fashion?? thanks so much… oh yeah email me to get my hot pic :wink: lol.

  8. Jay says:

    i’m looking at the marry jay blidge picture, and i think its absolutely amazing.
    and i’m also trying to figure out how you made the text lines. and the only explanation i have is that you made a custom path work
    and you just stitched one to another… maybe you have some better technique you would like to share. i was doing the most simple technique the one on your tutorial it came out like crap.
    but i bet you had enough practice before you could grow and the things you do now…. super work.

  9. Those are beautiful portraits indeed.