Thursday, April 9, 2015

The Art of the Lock Up

A big trend in typography now is the lock up. Typographic lock ups, when done correctly, are a beautiful and new way to display quotes, headers, callouts, etc.

Here are a few artists that are the front runners of this trend.


Jessica Hische


Jess Hische, a Tyler alumnus, works almost exclusively with illustrated typography, usually in a lock up form. 






Drew Melton






Mik Baro

Illustrator and typographer from Valencia, Spain.






Type Lock Ups as Tattoos

Many people have started getting well done lock ups as tattoos.





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