Typography

Typography can be separated into ‘typo’ which means form in Greek and ‘graphe’ which means writing, typography is simply a form of writing. Typography is used through different forms of media from newspapers to film; the basic technique is arranging the type so that it becomes visible to the audience. There are an army of ways in which you can differentiate between the writing to create typography some include:

·        Line Length

·        Point Size

·        Typefaces

·        Line Spacing

·        Spaces between pairs of letters

·        Spaces between groups of letters

All of these create different images and ways in which the text can be read.

I want to use typography in my own product as I feel it will lift my production out from the normal opening sequences to a thriller. Typography isn't often used in many title sequences especially not to the degree of incorperating all the actors and production companies into the product while the sequence is on going. This will give me a way of pushing the boundaries of thriller opening sequences and title sequences as a whole.

Some examples of typography are shown below:

This is an example of typography used in art to create a picture from words:

This is an example of typography in newspapers to make certain headlines and stories stand out:

This is an example of when typography has been used in the past on an american wanted poster: