From the course: Learning Graphic Design: Techniques
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Nine captions on one photo!
From the course: Learning Graphic Design: Techniques
Nine captions on one photo!
Hidden, it seems, in every picture, are many stories. There is kind of the global story of you see with these five students side by side on the walkway. Then, each one of these people has a personal story, or many. There's a story in the sidewalk. Who designed it? How did it get there? The student union building, who made that and how is it used? What's that bicycle over there? What kinds of trees are these? Many stories going on here. And one of the coolest ways to unpack these stories is to write a caption for each one, and put it right on the photo. So, for example, look at this student. We've written a caption specifically for him. Set it in a single typeface. This is Vectora Roman, bold caps. It's Sans Serif, which against a busy background, I recommend. It needs to be clean, very simple. We've added a thin border and put a slight translucency in the background because laying small type across a busy background will make a mess. But this tells a story. Tim has a story. Cassandra…
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