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Loose Type

A word is also an arrangement.

ALMOST ORDER composed in large plum letters on yellow.
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Poster 01 — Almost order.

THE IDEA

Loose Type looks at the point where reading becomes looking. Familiar letters are pushed apart, cropped and recomposed while enough of the word remains to suggest another way through the page.

THE VISUAL LANGUAGE

Heavy sans-serif forms work against a thin editorial layer. Acid yellow gives the printed shapes a particular intensity; plum and lilac variants change the apparent pace without changing the basic typographic idea.

NOTES ON THE PROCESS
01

Set the word plainly.

A useful departure needs a clear starting point. Establish the text before questioning its scale, spacing or order.

02

Introduce one disturbance.

Displace a letter, enlarge a counter or interrupt a line. Let the disturbance do something specific rather than making every element compete.

03

Find the limit of reading.

Look for the moment where the composition becomes less immediate but more interesting. Keep a smaller caption as a steady route back to the language.

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