Rebus incorporated in text

This example of a rebus was found on a t-shirt in my house in Laurys Station, around 10pm on Wensday, November 18th. This rebus and text sybolizes "Love forever." The heart represents love, and the word forever is under the image. A rebus adds interest to type and gets the viewers brain moving. I also think it adds to the design and makes the message more memorable. In the future, I will try to incorporate a rebus in to some designs because I like the design of them.

Inspirational

I found this inspirational type on a shopping bag that I found in my house in Laury's Station on November 11th around 7pm. I love this logo because the "w" extends to become an arrow. And since the company is called Straight Arrow, I really like the extension to create the arrow. It makes to logo more interesting and calls more attention to it. This inspired to think a little more like this. "Outside the box" may be the right terminology.

When good type goes bad

Bad use of typography will always be around. It is just as bad when a typeface is simple miss used or misplaced. I found this example of bad type in my kitchen in Laurys Station, on November 4th, around 9pm. To begin with, this typeface and color combination makes the text extremely hard to read. The text is meant for identification, but instead the viewer must struggle to even read it. The typeface used is very chunky and curvy. Maybe if this were a 70's movie poster it would work, but for foil, not really. This typeface is really misplaced and I think that a cleaner more simplified typeface like Helvetica would suit this foil box better. Sometimes I really wonder, "What were they thinking!?!"

Use of a Ligature

Ligature is a lot of places, but it is not so easy to find because it is often overlooked. This example of a ligature was found when I was trying to fix my camera. It was found at about 8am on Thursday, October 29th, in my camera. It is the memory card for the camera. This is the logo for the ScanDisk company. The use of a ligature is between the "n" ans the "D." They are combined to create one object for two letters. I think this ligature works very well. It is probably overlooked many times, and not notice that the two letters are combined. The ligature creates a neat typographic design.