Compose two styles
Rather than blending two styles into a middle, this assigns them roles: one carries the structure, the other appears as an accent. Where the two fight, it says so before you start.
How to divide the work
- Composition
- Follow Kinetic Typography: Split the sentence into words; assign each a trajectory that fits its meaning
- Type
- Set in Kinetic Typography's manner (One family, varied in weight and width), and let Manga Lettering's lettering (Line weight and edge shape carry the hardness of the sound) appear only where you want the eye to catch.
- Material
- Ground in Kinetic Typography's material (Keep the ground quiet; the timing offsets are the star); bring in exactly one thing from Manga Lettering (Written with the same pen as the art, reversed white against solid black).
- Colour
- Build on #f0eee6, #ff542f, #171714 and admit one accent from #e9e6dd, #67635d, #171615.
Where they fight
- Both belong to Lettering, so the difference is small. Push the roles further apart than feels comfortable.
Caution
- Kinetic Typography Don't move every word. Motion reads because some words stand still.
- Manga Lettering Setting sound effects in a ready-made typeface keeps the hardness and speed out of the line, leaving a note floating above the drawing.
Image prompt
An original image that takes its structure from Kinetic Typography (Technique, film titles–digital motion) and its accent from Manga Lettering (Style, 1930s–). Structural cues: Per-word motion; Rhythm; Scale change; Pauses. Accent cues, used sparingly: Sound drawn as shape; Weight matched to texture; Placement crossing panels; Even silence written (shiin). Composition: Split the sentence into words; assign each a trajectory that fits its meaning. Type and lettering: One family, varied in weight and width. Let one material quality come from the second style: Written with the same pen as the art, reversed white against solid black. Mood: Exhilaration, Rebellion, Intimacy, Play. Color: build on #f0eee6, #ff542f, #171714 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.
Related entries
- Kinetic Typography film titles–digital motion / Technique / Lettering
Converts the meaning of a word into speed, pause and direction, so that the time of reading is itself designed.
- Manga Lettering 1930s– / Style / Lettering
In Japanese manga, sound effects and even the feel of silence are drawn as pictures, from a booming don to a hushed shiin. Hand-lettering turns the texture of a sound into line weight and shape, dissolving the border between image and word inside the panel.
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