Distressed type certainly has its time and place. It could possibly gain more respect if it were used correctly and given the appropriate type treatment. Im not fully against it, but I am still waiting for someone to really impress me. Maybe it is just a passing trend.
posted by Erica O'Neil @ 8:38 AM
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i'm sure, as with any trend or movement is reactionary (not sure if someone said this or not yet). for instance modernism was a reaction to a faster busier world in where communication needed to be concise, clean, and most of all clear (amongst other things). later as the pendulum swings, post modernists were all like "hey you helvetica, you are lame because everyone likes you." and were all like "hey helvetica you are so sexy with your sans serifs." and so on.
as geometric typefaces such as helvetica hold values of its generation in its design, i wonder what "distressed type" says about theirs (i don't consider it part of ours but conceived within the postmodern womb). what is/will be our contribution i wonder...
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