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Letters and numbers are popping up, emblazoned across fabric prints and patterns, wrapped around wrists, and dangling from necks in this new, font-friendly trend.
Letters and numbers are some of the most iconic, powerful symbols, which open up to us entire worlds in books, magazines, on the Internet, and now – thanks to an up and coming trend – in fashion. Typography as decoration in fashion is a hot trend to watch for the Autumn/Winter 2008/2009 season, as part of the rise in the increased use of graphics, logos and pictograms in design. Letters and Numbers are Powerful SymbolsThe typography fashion trend uses the graphic, suggestive power of letters, numbers, and even font styles themselves to project a wide array of moods and meanings through the medium of fashion and design. Dresses, tops, skirts, accessories, and even home décor items such as wallpaper and throw pillows are taking the concept of fashion communication quite literally by employing printed and sculpted alphabets and numbers. Depending on the design and font choice, the letters and numbers printed on fashion fabrics can call to mind the childlike and playful innocence of early grade school, evoke the bold heraldry of fonts that look like they were taken from 19th signage, or conjure up ideas of romance, rebellion, revelry, or any other sentiment. How to Wear the Typography Fashion TrendIncorporating letters and numbers in your outfit can be as subtle or bold a task as you please:
Font Fashion TipsEvery graphic designer will tell you that type shape and font choice speak volumes about the mood behind letters and the words they form. Here's a guide to matching fonts with your fashion statement.
The copyright of the article Alphabet Fashion Trend in Women’s Fashion is owned by Johneen Manning. Permission to republish Alphabet Fashion Trend in print or online must be granted by the author in writing.
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