Saturday, September 13, 2008

Awful Type

Hot mess on the corner of Marshall and University:


I was walking with a friend when I saw this... my friend thought it was "artsy" and "original." I thought... if a six-year-old drew it, sure.

Technically the writing here isn't type at all, I don't think (?), and for very good reason. The text is really sloppy and sort of self-righteously hideous, like "we hipster kids are so cool, we can break the most fundamental rules of graphic decency." That extends beyond the type - the poster design is pretty bad, too. Note the inconsistency in the capitalization of words... or the fact that the words are just floating aimlessly in the middle of the page.
Artsy and original? I don't really get it, but okay.

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