type specimens

Type Specimens - 

Type specimens are used to showcase and give a small background to the type it is showing, usually quoting something which is relevant to the type. For example I will include a quote on shy within mine, within my type specimen, I will also look at expressing some parts louder than others to make them stand out more like the piece above which has enlarged the punctation to show it clearly. I like this clearness of both these type specimens, it is clear there is a grid in place which they are keeping to, In my type specimen I shall do this too.

Muller-Brockman -

Josef Muller-Brockman was a Swiss graphic designer who is well known for his simple styles and use of type which is known as Swiss design, which  still heavily influences designers today. Swiss style often follows a grid set up, a layout which the designer creates and works within, Muller-Brockman came up with this method so that there was a clean composed set up in his work, I looked more into the styles which Muller-Brockman used and attempted similar ones myself.

This piece on the left by Muller-Brockman is his most commonly known grid system, it is also one which he uses as a basis for his other grid systems. The Image above, taken from Muller-Brockmans book 'Grid Systems In Graphic Design',  shows a range of styles Brockman uses, he explains how multicolumn and field-based grids can be used flexibly to any number of different layouts in design.

Using Muller-brockmans Iconic grid system I looked at arranging the words he used on his above but changing the arrangement of the letters, I got a good grip of the way they worked not only from this but also the task which I did in my Design skills looking at grid systems in news papers and magazines. I would like to use a similar style of grid system to create a type specimen for my own type.