There are a lot of good ideas in this gig poster, but there are some things that need to be improved. I keep finding designs where the text just wasn't given any breathing room, and this design is another example of font without room. The font is okay and it goes well with the illustration, and the designer did a good job of using continuity in his/her design.  I love the illustration, and I like the use of color.  I like the idea of using dividing lines to separate the font from the illustration. unfortunately the font was crammed inside the dividing lines and this creates a box effect where the text feels like it is being crushed between to heavy objects.  The illustration would be so much better if someone moved the dividing lines further apart and gave the font some room.  Another thing that might help the design is moving some of the text so that it isn't center aligned. Doing this could add interest to the design and make the font arrangement less generic.

The design and typography that were used for this bottle wrapper was done very well. While there are a couple things that do need fixing I will start by writing about the good aspects of the design. The amount of branding on this has been pushed to the limit, but somehow i works. I love the illustration of the kraken because it looks like it was hand drawn instead of cheaply, and quickly done.  The design seems to be directed towards clients who have plenty of money to spend.  The text is inside a box, but in this case it works very well. The text inside the box is center aligned but it would probably look strange if it wasn't.  The biggest problem with the design is that the small text at the top and bottom of the label have been pushed so close to the top and bottom of the page.  Looking at these two small bits of text I automatically want to move them so that they won't be shoved up against the edges of the page, and I also wouldn't make them center aligned.  This aspect of the design could be improved through adjusting the tracking and maybe even the leading. Despite this there are many wonderful things about this design.

I got a pretty good laugh out of this poster, simply because it is so brutally honest.  I don't like the font that much, but it is more personal preference than anything. While the designer did only use two different fonts he/she did use different variations of the bold san serif font. The designer used dividing lines to improve the design by making it more interesting. The dividing lines also prevent The large text at the top of the page, from squishing the smaller text at the bottom of the page.  The use of color is pleasant to look at, and it helps to emphasize certain words on the page.  because of the font and the way it is arranged it reminds me of a World War two poster. An overall good use of space and the text isn't cramped which is very good.

I love the Bible verse on this poster, but I am not a fan of the typography that was used to put it together. There is a ton of space that could have been used to give the font breathing room but for some reason the designer decided to cram it into the center of the page. And even stranger is the fact that the designer used an excess of dividing lines and illustrations to turn the text into a box shape.  I also dislike how each word seems to be separate, even though all the words make up a sentence.  It makes the design seem broken.  I do like that the designer used the same font for the whole design but still got creative with it.  I'm not a huge fan of the colors. I like the blue and white paired with the black, but the background color just doesn't work well. To improve the design, playing around with the tracking and leading might help, giving the text breathing room by spreading it out more and getting rid of some of the illustrations that cause the text to be contained, would help a lot.

Another good example of using text to create an illustration, this poster is both creative and fun. The first thing you recognize is the shape, and since Darth Vader is such an iconic figure this works very well.  The small font is at the top and it gets heavier as you move towards the bottom of the illustration. This is also good because one of the first things that the viewer notices are the words "The dark side" which makes the illustration stand out even more, especially for those who get the reference.  It is a design that looks like it was done in illustrator, but I am not entirely sure because there is a slight watermark in the background and we can see Darth Vader's face, cape, and other features. Another aspect of the design that makes it great is the red light-saber which stands out and catches our eye.  This is an awesome design both typographically and esthetically, and most Star-wars fans would be happy to hang it on there wall.

This design isn't my favorite, but there are some good things about it. This is a good example of using text to represent an object or to create an illustration.  It is simple yet eye catching, and it was innovative of the designer to make the front of the box red on white, and the side of the box white on red.  This is another instance where the smaller font was placed at the bottom of the design, and while it isn't always a good idea to put smaller fonts at the bottom because they tend to get weighed down by larger fonts on top, the design actually works. This is because the slice of pizza which is represented here is at an angle. Granted, all the text looks like it will fall over on its side because of the angle it is sitting at.  This adds a little bit of playfulness to the design. I think what bothers me most is all the empty space. I like empty space, but in this case there seems to be to much, and it might be good to add some other elements to the box such as vector illustrations of peppers and olives. I love the idea and I love how the text was used to create the shape of a slice of pizza.

I really like this design because it is whimsical and the use of font is very good. The font that is used for the main product looks like it is floating above the smaller font, and even though it is the darkest and heaviest font on the jar it doesn't really look like it is about to squash the small font. The font that was chosen for the product name is perfect, because it looks like the product. Another great thing about the design is that the text has plenty of breathing room and isn't boxed in. The text on the sides of the jar is also pretty good and the incorporation of dividing lines was used really well so that everything is fairly even. Center justification usually doesn't work, but in this case it works well.  The illustrations are also very fun and inviting, and the colors would help the jar stand out on a shelf.