May The Force Of Typography Be With You is a great line of posters that shows how to create images out of the outlines of text. Each shape used to create Darth Vader's face is actually a different character. Another great part of this piece is that it uses multiple fonts to create the perfect shape. At the bottom of the page is a list of which characters were used, how many, and what font. This design, and the two other Star Wars designs, were made by a design company in Italy called H-57. This piece is very simple and doesn't have too much complexity, but it reminds me that creating an image out of text doesn't mean you're restricted to using just one font. The rule of fonts is that there should be no more than 3 different fonts in one image, but this seems to be the exception to the rule. This is a great design and changes the way I see shapes and objects. Now I can look at something and start to image what fonts and font variations can I use as building blocks to create new designs and objects. I think that typography is suppose to express a meaning through language, but this shows that it can also be used as an art.
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