Word and Image
CDIL-305 • Nick EdlundRELATING
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RELATING WORD AND IMAGE Word and Image CDIL-305 Nick Edlund t Type and image are the visible elements of design There is a natural contast between forms. How can we relate them to create harmony? Position Layering Artists have
Word and Image
CDIL-305 • Nick EdlundRELATING
ANDIMAGE
There is a natural contast between forms. How can we relate them to create harmony?
Type and image are the visible elements of design
Artists have developed several ways to relate these opposites.
Position Layering Spacial Cues Shared Characteristics Word as Image
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Nearness connects, distance separates
A P P L E
PROXIMITY IS RELATIVE
A P P L E B A N A N A P E A C H
VAGUE TYPE AND IMAGE RELATIONSHIP
APPLE BANANA PEACH
CLEAR TYPE AND IMAGE RELATIONSHIP
CREATIVE TYPE AND IMAGE RELATIONSHIP
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Ultimate Nearness
APPLE APPLE
IMAGE OVER TYPE
Bernhard, LucianIMAGE OVER TYPE
IMAGE OVER TYPE
TYPE OVER IMAGE
Bernhard, LucianTYPE OVER IMAGE
LAYERING CAN OBSCURE LEGIBILITY!
A Fake Parent’s Magazine cover by Andrew HearstSpacial Cues 3a
ALIGNMENT
When image and type align they are unifjed
Centering image with text, is a classic word-image arrangement. But it is overused.
Spacial Cues 3b
SIZE
When height or width of type is equal to the image, they are more unifjed
APPLE
A TEXT BLOCK OR TITLE THAT MATCHES AN IMAGE’S WIDTH RELATES THE TWO
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ius, quassum andit lorecti ariae necte conserissum quam tem quam ant, temquam quatia evelita soluptam entent, ad ma simus. Ullaccatem que nonem pores alitas eiciaep quat labo. Nam aceperum nestis eaquis dem quam fugitat. Meniam, cus nonsequam ate dolum am qui utenitius, omnia et et et harum esto et alit, explam quias aut at quis auditatur magnis vo fugias consed moluptatur, ssinc- quia ditasitas repuda nisquid quibus et liqui taturepe nobit molo sequas erferch ici- ate dolum am qui utenitius, omnia et et et harum esto et alit, explam venihic- Me sintem lab t aut estias vit, te eni acera dipsam quatem eos erum magnis vo fugias consed moluptatur, ssinc- quia ditasitas repuda nisquid quibus et liqui taturepe nobit molo sequas erferch ici- ate dolum am qui utenitius, omnia et et et harum esto et alit, explam venihic-
A TEXT BLOCK AND/OR TITLE THAT MATCH- ES AN IMAGE’S WIDTH RELATES THE TWO
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ius, quassum andit lorecti ariae necte conserissum quam tem quam ant, temquam quatia evelita soluptam entent, ad ma simus. Ullaccatem que nonem pores alitas eiciaep quat labo. Nam aceperum nestis eaquis dem quam fugitat. Meniam, cus nonsequam ate dolum am qui utenitius, omnia et et et harum esto et alit, explam quias aut at quis auditatur magnis vo fugias consed moluptatur, ssinc- quia ditasitas repuda nisquid quibus et liqui taturepe nobit molo sequas erferch ici- ate dolum am qui utenitius, omnia et et et harum esto et alit, explam venihic- Me sintem lab t aut estias vit, te eni acera dipsam quatem eos erum magnis vo fugias consed moluptatur, ssinc- quia ditasitas repuda nisquid quibus et liqui taturepe nobit molo sequas erferch ici- ate dolum am qui utenitius, omnia et et et harum esto et alit, explam venihic-
Matching dimensions strengthens visual connections made with alignment
Spacial Cues 3c
SHARED SPACE
T H E Y R E L A T E . WHEN IMAGE AFFECTS
Type, image and space can be arranged like are puzzle pieces in a design.
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SHARED CHARACTERISTICS
Treatment, direction, angle, color, texture etc!
HOW ARE SHARED CHARACTERISTICS UNIFYING THIS POSTER?
Multiple strategies strengthen the image–word relationship.
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