Italian Futurism
イタリア未来派 / 1909–1940s / Style / Avant-garde
Converts speed, noise and shock into the size and trajectory of letters, setting the quiet page in motion.
At a glance
Visual cues
- Words-in-freedom
- Radiating type
- Onomatopoeia
- Extreme jumps in scale
Best used for
- Converting sound and speed into still images
- Controlled explosions for titles and announcements
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Dictionary entry
- Type
- Treat differing weights, widths and angles as volume
- Composition
- Fix one point of impact; radiate and accelerate the words
- Material
- Black and off-white with one warning color
- Caution
- Never split the movement's innovation from its embrace of war and Fascism; handle it critically.
- Further study
- F. T. Marinetti / Fortunato Depero
Related entries
- Swiss Punk Typography (スイス・パンク・タイポグラフィ)Shared effects: Rebellion / Exhilaration.Compare Italian Futurism and Swiss Punk Typography
- Constructivism (構成主義)Same Avant-garde lineage.Compare Italian Futurism and Constructivism
Often confused with
More from Avant-garde
Continue through styles in the same Avant-garde family, prioritised by shared effects.
- Estridentismo (エストリデンティスモ)Shared effects: Exhilaration / Futurity / Rebellion.
- Deconstructivism (脱構築主義)Shared effects: Rebellion / Futurity.
- Dada (ダダ)Shared effects: Rebellion / Exhilaration.
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