Famous Type ‘Face’

The freshmen Typography students in the BSC Graphic Design and Communications program recently completed some portraits using nothing but type. It may be unusual to look at type characters as a way to accomplish illustrations, but it was a great project to get students to really appreciate the design and shape that type has. See how many of these faces you recognize.

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4 Responses to “Famous Type ‘Face’”

  1. Jennifer Weisgerber says on February 28th, 2010 at 9:48 pm :

    This is fantastic work! Very creative exercise… and impressive.

  2. Vicki Voskuil says on March 2nd, 2010 at 8:05 am :

    Very impressive exercise - great work professors. The results produced such engaging student work. I found myself studying each piece for a long time. Bravo!

  3. Larry Skogen says on March 2nd, 2010 at 9:01 pm :

    Outstanding work. What a creative exercise. Excellent!!

    Thanks!!
    Larry

  4. Deb Kraft says on March 15th, 2010 at 2:50 pm :

    Intriguing artwork!

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