3rd group of designers

The other day we talked about three designers who all had typography in common. The first designer was Tibor Kalman. One style that i noticed about Tibor's style is that he used type just like the futuristic style. He would express ideas using text or would use text to express objects. For example in one of his posters he used type to express all the objects in the poster design.

The second designer we learned about was David Carson. David Carson is a designer with no formal education. David Carson uses text in new and unusual ways. His layouts have no grid system or formal layout. David states that "legibility should not be mistaken for communication." So his designs are usually chaotic with a large focus on the typography in the design.

The last designer Mathew Carter is known more for his typography skills rather then his designs. One design/font Carter created was the Bell Centennial font used in phonebooks. The font had ink traps in the family to make the print more legible when printed on low quality paper. He is well known for his font designs and is very popular with many clients.