The Face

ザ・フェイス / 1980s / Style / Publishing and Editing

Redraws its headline letters and section marks issue by issue, then sets them into a page of heavy rules and black bars with the same weight as the photographs.

Extra bold headline letters drawn on geometry / Heavy rules and black bars dividing the page / Section marks that change shape issue by issue / Large type laid over the photograph

The Face — Terry Jones, i-D first issue, 1980 — Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 4.0 — Terry Jones, i-D first issue, 1980 — Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 4.0

Dictionary entry

Best used for: Music and fashion magazines where the type is meant to carry as much of the page as the photographs · Publishing where the headline letters are redrawn issue by issue and the change is shown to the reader
Type: Draw the headline weight from geometry as extra bold, and hold the text in a small sans
Composition: Divide the page with heavy rules and black bars, and lay large type over the photograph
Material: Keep a set of section marks that change shape each issue, working in black areas and reversed white
Caution: When redrawing the letterforms every issue becomes the aim in itself, the marks stop working as signposts for the reader and every issue looks equally loud.
Further study: Fabien Baron / Neville Brody

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