Font design

Bands such as The Sex Pistols and the Rolling Stones, use their font to project their image and attitude across to their audience.

The Sex Pistols
The Sex Pistols use of font resembles the bands image of anarchy and rebellion in the time and there anti-establishment theme. We can see this through their use of improper punctuation, with the capital letters mixed about and the different sizes of the letters, show disorder and a disregard for rules and reinforces the attitudes of the band created from their songs. The torn background reflects an aggressive attitude and mirrors the violent strumming of the guitars and the aggressive vocals from the band them-self.



The Smiths
Similarly, the Smiths font is imposing, stands out with capital letters and, at the same time, shows the normality of the band. The font matches the name of the Smiths, which was intended to show how ordinary the band members if the Smiths were. This font appears on their albums and their merchandise. Again the font of the band matches the image that the Smiths created through their fans and remains true to the audience.






These band use their font on their album covers, for their promotion and for merchandise such as T-shirts and bags. Therefore the font of the band is clearly important as it portrays the bands image to the public, as well as reiterates the bands image and attitude towards their audience, who will express the same values when wearing/using their merchandise.