![]() ![]() Throughout the galleries, there are also stacks of large cardboard blocks displaying characters (letters) from the typefaces in the show. Each of the seven includes at least one floor-to-ceiling portrait, and adhered to the portraits are what we call “time capsules.” These assemblages provide historical context surrounding the individual, the social movements they intersected with, and the use of typography in and around those movements. These are the people whose small but impactful actions make movements move and whose stories must be celebrated as if they were those of royalty.Įllsworth: The exhibit celebrates seven of the incredible individuals whom Tré named his typefaces after. ![]() ![]() Last but not least, there are the streets. Yet Bayard was not allowed to speak at the march he organized simply because he was gay. King, introduced him to the nonviolent teachings of Gandhi, organized the march where King gave his “I Have a Dream” speech, and so much more. The ones that supported the royals raised them up, and rarely received credit. King, Rosa Parks, Eva Peron and Dolores Huerta, to name a few. It says, “my subject matter is royalty, heroism, and the streets.” Royalty, as in the people we credit for our rights and continuously celebrate: Dr. Seals: In this exhibition, there’s a panel with this quote that I stole from Basquiat. What is the story you are telling through type? And how is Characters, the exhibition, expressing that story? During a virtual gallery tour organized by Aponte, I asked curator Seals and Michael Ellsworth of Civilization, about the organization and goals of the exhibition at this critical juncture in American history. “ Characters illustrates the ways in which typography can be used both as a tool of oppression and liberation,” states Branch Executive Director Sharon Aponte. Although a typeface is not responsible for peoples’ acts, it certainly reflects-and brands-many deeds and emotions. Taken for granted as a crystal goblet, type has been employed in the propagation of good and evil. Vocal Type also created VTC Terra especially for the exhibit. The faces are named after a key participant in each event: Harriet (Tubman), Ruby (Bridges), Spike (Lee), Bayard (Rustin), Martin (Luther King Jr.), Marsha (P. Characters: Type and Progress features seven Vocal Type fonts each triggered by moments in history reflecting racial, ethnic and gender inequity. history and their relationship to the Black experience. With curation by Seals, who collaborated on the exhibition design with Seattle-based Civilization, the show connects significant events and people throughout U.S. The Branch Museum of Architecture and Design in Richmond, VA, is currently showing a provocative exhibition of typeface designs by Tré Seals, proprietor of the Washington D.C.–based Vocal Type. ![]()
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