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The Showcase Of BIG Typography

smashingmagazine.com — In this article we present over 35 examples of big, “loud” and yet elegant typography in web design; some listed designs are Flash-based, and in some cases designs are based not only upon typography, but also upon some visual elements.

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  • slashbot, on 10/17/2007, -19/+14What a boring article
  • crawf061, on 10/17/2007, -4/+39Typography is underappreciated
    • Blooooo, on 10/16/2007, -0/+1So incredibly true, and might I say, the serif is under appreciated nowadays.
      • xister, on 10/16/2007, -0/+1Well, sans is just a cleaner look. Serifs give a font an older look in my opinion. I can't imagine something like the iPod campaign using fonts that had serifs. Style of the times, I guess.
    • gasin, on 10/17/2007, -0/+1So Typography is underrated/ under-appreciated? Either that or maybe you are not hanging out with the right crowd...
      coz I think typography is a highly technical art form and is appreciated by those who pursue it i.e. Designers.
      I mean are you telling me that "Ruby on Rails" not appreciated because everyday people don't blog about it. Its just a developers thing and stuff like that stays in their circles...
  • OGla, on 10/19/2007, -3/+11Nice. I like big typo. But it takes skills. Hint: don't use Impact or Ariel as a starter.
    • jaydotcole, on 10/16/2007, -6/+2I agree; be creative. Don't fall for the trap of using was has already been done.
    • resplence, on 10/15/2007, -0/+2Hint: It's not Ariel.
    • Blooooo, on 10/16/2007, -0/+1Agreed, Impact is the only font I despise more than Comic Sans.
  • jellomizer, on 10/16/2007, -8/+1Oh Special fonts that cost a lot of money, and need to make them as images to use...
    Not Helpful, for most people.
    • mrjit, on 10/15/2007, -0/+2No way, really, you mean this article is really only helpful to web design/developers/graphic artists? ARE YOU SERIOUS? I CANT USE TYPOGRAPHY IN WORD WHEN DOING MY RESUME? NO WAY MAN!!
    • Chongo, on 10/15/2007, -0/+1You only need to do that when you STEALING the damn fonts. Buy them and show the creators you appreciate their hard work
  • fujofly, on 10/16/2007, -4/+9Speaking of type, http://www.ilovecopperplategothicbold.com - This truly is the biggest type you'll ever need for anything. It's bigger than any other font ever created.
    • xister, on 10/16/2007, -0/+1I DO like Copperplate, actually. It's one of the few serifed fonts I like.
  • unfilterthought, on 10/16/2007, -4/+4Hard to find a non-designer who can appreciate Typography
    • KSUdesigner, on 10/15/2007, -0/+1Everybody can appreciate typography, but it's hard to find a non-designer who excels at it.
  • Unclickable, on 10/16/2007, -0/+3while we are at it, typography in music videos is worth a click http://yuxt.com/artist/Typography_in_Music_Videos
  • Auto, on 10/17/2007, -7/+2None of these caught my eye in the least... in fact a few were too much. Buried as lame.
  • pbaehr, on 10/16/2007, -2/+10Needs more Comic Sans.
  • monospaced, on 10/16/2007, -1/+7I was skeptical, coming from a graphic designer's standpoint, but the sites cited are actually well designed using excellent typefaces.
  • timjim31, on 10/16/2007, -10/+1I'm a little confused as to how this can be interesting to anyone
  • camaroz06, on 10/15/2007, -2/+0umm....I kinda zoned out looking at the last set with ULTRA in bright pink.
  • kidcodea, on 10/16/2007, -4/+1i saw a typo.
  • KingBunny, on 10/16/2007, -8/+1Ooo! Ooo! Text! TEXT! Text and fonts! Text AND fonts!!!! TEXT!!!!11!1

    ...*shoots self*
  • tombangski, on 10/16/2007, -2/+3how in hell did this make the list -> http://www.ilkilkilk.com/ the typography is horrible.
    • monospaced, on 10/16/2007, -1/+5you, my friend, are design ignorant
      • kidcodea, on 10/16/2007, -2/+2im not, and i think its mediocre also.
      • tombangski, on 10/16/2007, -1/+3no im not, I am a graphic designer. Just because something looks "trendy" does not mean it looks good. Aesthetically, there's a lot of things wrong with the mentioned page.
    • QuickFix, on 10/15/2007, -0/+2I kinda like it myself. Reminds me of The Design Republic's work.
    • resplence, on 10/16/2007, -0/+2It's just a blog list. You can make your own.
  • HarmyG, on 10/15/2007, -1/+0I was looking for big typos. Didn't see anything. Buried.
  • ritter99, on 10/15/2007, -1/+0big typo was 2005.

    uhm ... wait a minute ... what about /usr/games/banner?
  • iMoth, on 10/17/2007, -2/+2in soviet russia, word type you!
  • toekneebullard, on 10/19/2007, -0/+3I hate stuff like this. It makes me wish I was a designer so bad.
  • gasin, on 10/17/2007, -0/+1Smashing Magazine should be renamed Design101 Magazine.

    It never dares to dwell beyond the basics of the design. I mean you are really gonna tell that big type works. WOW! Who would have thought of that. Besides, if I need examples / screenshots of sites with big type I will just go to digitalthread or any other site...

    //undigg
  • x5pfif, on 10/18/2007, -1/+0Big typos...must learn how to do this stuff
  • DOGPARTY, on 10/18/2007, -0/+1sure is funny to listen to people who don't know what they're talking about going on about design and typography
  • junosama, on 10/21/2007, -0/+0In Design school they usually teach you how to design with typography before they let you use any images =) Then you move into word and image based classes where i went.
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