# Concrete Poetry × Lettrism — composed image prompt
# IndexStyle — https://indexstyle.org/compose?ids=concrete-poetry+lettrism
# Concrete Poetry carries the structure. Lettrism appear as accents, each further back than the last.
# Style descriptors only. Never imitates a specific artist, studio, brand or work.

An original image that takes its structure from Concrete Poetry (Layout, 1950s–1970s) and its accent from Lettrism (Style, 1946–1970s). Structural cues: Repeated words; Shapes made of letters; Large blanks; Dismantled reading order. Accent cues, used sparingly: Surfaces paved with unreadable characters; Handwriting mixed with type; Hypergraphy of proliferating signs; Letters handled as painterly material. Composition: Place words on a grid so reading can start from any direction. Type and lettering: One face at one size, emphasis from position and repetition only. Let one material quality come from the second style: Ink, paint and scratched film or paper—letters applied as physical marks. Mood: Rebellion, Calm, Play, Technology. Color: build on #f1eee5, #74716a, #151515 with a single accent drawn from #e9e6dd, #67635d, #171615. Constraints: do not imitate, reference or name any specific artist, studio, brand, character or copyrighted work. Produce an original composition in the general period languages described above.

# Where the two fight
# - Both belong to Experimental Typography, so the difference is small. Push the roles further apart than feels comfortable.

# Cautions carried from each entry
# - Concrete Poetry: When making a shape comes first, the meaning of the words stops answering their position, and the piece is only letters poured into a picture.
# - Lettrism: Laying out unreadable letters as decoration alone drops the claim and leaves pattern. One legible word left in the field reinstates the meaning the work exists to suspend.

# Design specs: https://indexstyle.org/styles/concrete-poetry/design.md · https://indexstyle.org/styles/lettrism/design.md