Lyric Posters, daily typographic challenge

Shakeel Mohamed

After buying a book by David Carson, I got interested in expressive typography. For my first attempt at this medium, I designed a poster every day in January 2020 to better understand expressive type. With a busy travel month, I designed some posters at airport gates and sketched on random scraps of paper. Each poster uses lyrics from my favorite hip hop songs.
During the month-long project, I learned about geometric compositions and types of grids used in typography. After completing the project, I wrote a blog post about my experience.
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Posted Jun 10, 2022

After buying a book by David Carson, I got interested in expressive typography. For my first attempt at this medium, I designed a poster every day for a month.

36 Days of Type: 2021, daily typography challenge
36 Days of Type: 2021, daily typography challenge
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