Typography

Typography is the art and technique of arranging type in order to make language visible. Display typography is a strong element in graphic design, as it can not so much be concentrating on the text being readable and more about using type in an artistic manner. I have experimented with dimensional type by involving type into the environment, designers and artists sometimes do this to change or adjust the meaning of something, for example Banksy's graffiti work is a good example of this.

 Typography is created by typesetters, compositors, typographers, graphic designers, art directors, comic book artists, graffiti artists, clerical workers, and anyone else who arranges type. The other day I captured an image of a graffiti artist at work in Bristol.

I am currently experimenting dimensional type where type is involved in the environment to change or adjust the meaning. An interesting way of doing this is by using light graffiti also known as light drawing or light painting. This is a photographic technique in which  exposures are made usually at night or in a darkened room by moving a hand-held light source or by moving the camera. In many cases the light source itself does not have to appear in the image. The term light painting also encompasses images lit from outside the frame with hand-held light sources.

Here is an example of how light graffiti can be used to
insert text into the environment.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nC17QW_HQZ4&feature=related