Shepard Fairy

In order to better inform my design decisions I have chosen to look at Shepard Fairey’s work inspired by communist posters as I feel the style of typography features in his work and that featured in communist posters relates well to my research into protest posters. This is because  typography found within this style of work also contains letterforms featuring high cross bars in a similar style to some protest banners and posters. This will aid me to creating a defiant typeface as the use of high crossbars within certain letterforms adds importance to the typeface and draws the audiences attention to the issue at hand. This is highlighted by the use of straight terminals within the letterforms which adds a strong appearance to the typeface. In addition the use of a high cap and x-height further adds to the importance of the letterforms and compliments the use of high crossbars well.

I plan to use some of these characteristics such as lengthening the cap height and raising the crossbar within certain letterforms in my own designs in order to create a more defiant typeface that can be used during protests to make a strong impact on an audience. This will allow me to respond to feedback by creating a typeface that represents defiance more accurately.