This week, following our lecture discussions, I wanted to explore historical usages of typography in social activism. In political messaging, fonts that stand out and catch the eye for strong slogans in protest are important. Certain types of fonts convey this “strength” more than others. For example, this article outlines that the fonts of: Futura, Alternate Gothic, Ultra Bodoni, Clarendon, Univers, and Compacta are tools in helping transfer messages from writer to receiver. Further, this article details the powerful combination of art and design, lettering, and new innovations in press technology that contributed to The Black Panthers community news service that took back rhetoric and voice-ownership from the prevalently white media.
Article:
https://fontsinuse.com/uses/35077/the-black-panther-typography
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