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GDS 172 Typography II - Post 7

Velvet Underground Record Cover, Designed by Andy Warhol
I was looking though a book of record covers for uses of negative space. I have always thought this was an interesting design for a record cover because of the white background, the prominence of the designer's name and the absence of the band name. It is so different from most other record covers.

Since this is not symmetrical, I would not say that this white space is not passive, because it is almost intrusive.

When I searched for the font used for the designer's name, I found this website: https://fontsinuse.com/uses/8415/the-velvet-underground-andamp-nico  It is an interesting website about typography.

The font is coronet bold.

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