Iron or Irony?

Persistence of vision is a valuable principal found to have its place in designing. How visual effects persevere in the minds of the viewer can make or break the message it conveys. From the, strong, inflexible, rigid, sturdy, robust durability of iron like materials used, to the ironic contrasts of messages developed, a designer wants their message to create a lasting impression for their audience. Step right up and see for yourself is the unheard gesture that visual art always conveys. But the job isn’t actually done until the audience walks away with the impression created by the artist in their memory.

Saturday, November 24, 2007

Is this U.S. typography for real?

This is typography I would like to have more of personally.

Here is a copy of the United States $100,000 Gold Certificate front and back issued in 1934.
(c/o Wikipedia’s, ‘Large denominations of United States currency article.’ )
This was an odd bill and not generally issued.
Gold certificates like these were issued after the gold standard was repealed gold was compulsorily purchased by presidential order of Franklin Roosevelt on March 9, 1933 and thus were used only for intra-government transactions.
The series was discontinued in 1940.
Circulation of high-denomination bills was halted in 1969 by executive order of President Nixon, in an effort to combat organized crime.

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