Images for Discourse 2 - "The New Typography" by Jan Tschichold

(Helene)

This page demonstrates how color can be used to show the importance of different information. The red color helps distinguish the descriptive title from the rest of the page. The yellow color of the chapter titles makes them clearer and easier to quickly recognize as a chapter title.



(Rosen)

This is an example of an old typography layout. A preconceived form takes precedent over text. There is also ornamentation, very prominent margins, and a very old font is used.



(Stiebner and Urban )

This is an example of a decorative arty font from the early 20th century. It's the kind of font Jan Tschichold described in his writing as even worse for general use than fonts used in Old Typography.