# Experimental Type × Phototypesetting — composed image prompt
# IndexStyle — https://indexstyle.org/compose?ids=experimental-type+phototypesetting
# Experimental Type carries the structure. Phototypesetting 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 Experimental Type (Style, 1980s–) and its accent from Phototypesetting (Technique, 1924–1990s). Structural cues: Distorted letterforms; Overlaps; Extreme letterspacing; Tension with legibility. Accent cues, used sparingly: Enlarging and reducing by lens; Tight letterspacing; Condensed, extended, oblique; Smooth contours. Composition: Run type to the edges and partially conceal it. Type and lettering: Variable, stretched, dismantled — support with a plain text face. Let one material quality come from the second style: Reproduce photographic blacks and smooth contours through to the halftone. Mood: Rebellion, Exhilaration, Technology, Nostalgia. Color: build on #f0eee7, #1c1c19, #3b62ff 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
# - Experimental Type and Phototypesetting share no intent, so the contrast has to become the subject rather than something to smooth over.

# Cautions carried from each entry
# - Experimental Type: Break everything and the way in disappears. Always keep one readable layer.
# - Phototypesetting: Squeezing the body text as well as the headline destroys word spacing, leaving a page that is nostalgic and unreadable at the same time.

# Design specs: https://indexstyle.org/styles/experimental-type/design.md · https://indexstyle.org/styles/phototypesetting/design.md