# Concrete Poetry × Typographic Space — composed image prompt
# IndexStyle — https://indexstyle.org/compose?ids=concrete-poetry+typographic-space
# Concrete Poetry carries the structure. Typographic Space 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 Typographic Space (Layout, 1897– / modernist legacy). Structural cues: Repeated words; Shapes made of letters; Large blanks; Dismantled reading order. Accent cues, used sparingly: Sentences crossing the spread; Great blanks; Multiple faces; Nonlinear reading order. 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: White paper, one black ink, exact register, stock thick enough to stop show through. Mood: Rebellion, Calm, Play, Exhilaration. Color: build on #f1eee5, #74716a, #151515 with a single accent drawn from #f2efe7, #9e9a91, #171716. 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.
# - Typographic Space: Copying only the size of the blanks removes every cue about reading order, so design how blank, size and position govern both the speed and the sequence of reading.

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