Bad typography examples

Let's talk about graphic design. This first poster is an example of bad poster design. This is a pretty bad one. It kind of looks like they made this design in Word. The fonts they used all have really high x-heights(the lower case letters are almost as tall as the capital letters) which is usually the kind of font you'd use if you were going to have a lot of really small text, unless it was on purpose. Nothing in this poster design looks like it's on purpose though. The designer also…

La leggibilità del volantino è molto bassa per la scelta dei font e l'accostamento dei colori. Il kerning è completamente sbagliato, perfino imbarazzante. I font scelti sono molto anonimi.

Erik Brandt is a graphic designer and educator who has been active since 1994. He is currently Chair of the Design Department and Professor of Graphic Design at MCAD (Minneapolis College of Art and Design) in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He is a member of the Alliance Graphique Internationale (AGI) and curated Ficciones Typografika , a project dedicated to typographic exploration in a public space. Educated internationally, his career began as a cartoonist in Japan in 1994, and has since found…

So, my second semester of school I needed an example of bad typography for my Intro to Graphic Design class. I did what all good students do and waited till the last minute to find a my example using google images. While I was browsing through the hundreds of amazing images that you get by searching for "bad typography examples" I can across this poster titled "How Bad Does it Have to Get" by Enkeling. The poster reads "How Bad does it Have to Get in Order for You to Start doing Something…

As an important element of graphic design typography is defined as the style or appearance of text. Learn more in this tutorial and video.

BAD Examples GOOD Examples When you create typography your technique should have a simple style appearance, that appeals to all. Above are three bad, and good images that show how your typography s…

Theres some crap out there too. Most of it seems to be a result of lack of effort or pride in ones work:

Bad recycling poster