Grunge vs Punk
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Both push dirt and tearing to the front, both come out of music, and both wreck the type and the photocopy texture on purpose.
How to tell them apart. Look for a cut edge. Punk keeps the scissored paper edge of letters torn from magazines, while Grunge has none and smears dirt and type into layers.
Grunge
Uses dirt, tears and wear as resistance to the neatly managed screen.
Punk
A DIY objection to the authority of the tidy, made by cutting, pasting and dirtying.
| Grunge | Punk | |
|---|---|---|
| Era | 1990s | 1970s–1980s |
| Family | Counterculture | Counterculture |
| Kind | Style | Style |
| Cues | Scuffing / Tears / Disordered type / Low-quality copies | Cut-and-paste letters / Photocopier noise / Handwriting / Ragged placement |
| Best used for | Body heat for music and street culture · Deliberately breaking the look of a finished product | Voicing dissent against the rules · Giving events and communities a raw voice |
| Type | Decayed sans, typewriter faces | Mix newsprint letters, handwriting and stamps |
| Composition | Overlap and crop; keep alignment only in places | Deliberate misalignment and overlap; disturb even the margins |
| Material | Dirty paper, grain, low chroma plus one accent | Copier paper, tears, black plus a warning color |
| Caution | Texture overlays alone feel dated. Run the logic of wear through photo, type and margin alike. | Borrowed rebellion is hollow. Decide what you are protesting first. |