Jamie Reid helped define the punk typographic style in the 1970s. He developed a "ransom note" style of cutting up and rearranging newspaper text. This chaotic style matched the anarchic spirit of punk perfectly. His most famous works included album artwork for The Sex Pistols, including Never Mind the Bollocks, and singles like "Anarchy in the UK" and "God Save the Queen". A student considers different font styles for a punk album cover. Options include a classic punk font, a simple bold font, a horror-inspired dripping style, and a Halloween-esque style. The student ultimately chooses the simple bold font to represent the band's no-frills attitude and fit with the

1. Fonts used within the punk scene
British artist Jamie Reid gave punk it’s iconic typographic look. He developed the
ransomnote style of cutting up newspaper printand pasting it back together.
Breaking down the rigid type formatmatched the anarchic ethos of the
movement perfectly. His mostfamous works areThe Sex Pistols’ only studio
album Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols, which was extremely
controversialat the time. He also did the artwork for the singles “Anarchy In The
UK”, “God SaveThe Queen”, “Pretty Vacant” and “Holidays in the Sun”.

2. MY FONT IDEAS
Thisis the firstfontI have chosenas an ideaformy albumcover.Reasonbeingisbecause of its
iconictypography,thissortof letteringandstrange orderof lettersisan iconiclookfora punk styled
band.By usingthis font, itwill clearlyshow whatmybandsgenre is,althoughasthisfontis usedso
much todayyoucouldsay that it iscontradictingthe whole punkideologyof notbeingthe
mainstreamcompletelydefeatingthe pointof punk.
The nextfontI chose is slightlydifferentbutfollowssomeof the same characteristicsof the first.
Thisfontis justa simple blackbackgroundwithboldwhite letteringontop.Ichose thisfontbecause
of itssimplicityandyetboldness,thisfontisn’tanythingfancyitsjustasimple font,butthat’swhat
makesitso good.By beingsosimple itsalmostshowingmybandsslobbywayof beingandportrays
theirnotcaring of whatpeople’sviewsonthemare.
My thirdchoice of fontwas a kindof horror inspiredstyle of writing.Comparedtomyothertwo
fontsthisthirdone has more to it.It lookslike slime orblooddrippingdownawall orsomething.
The reasonI chose this fontwasbecause I feel thisdrippingstyle representsthe punkgenre andmy
bandsway of music,it showsbothof theirkindof grimeyanddirtyways of being,italsoshowsthe
not socleanand innocentside of thisstyle of genre.
Thisfontalso hasa horror styledwritingtoit,butmore of an iconickindof Halloweensketched
downtype of style. Ichose thisfont sothat whenpeople are tosee ittheyknow that my album
won’tbe a popor light-heartedlisten.Thisfontshowsmybandsdarkerside andeerie wayof being.
Thisalsoconformsto the punk genre aspunkswhere knowntobe scary in the eyesof some and
avoidedbyotherpeople.
My fifthandfinal choice of fontisa kindof militaryconfidentialstyle.Ifeel thisfontisgoodfora
punkband as a lotof punksapposedwarand governmentdecisions,byhavingthisasa fontit gives
off a lot of irony.I wouldalsouse thisfontonmy albumto take the mick andmock establishments
and war seeker.

3. MY FINAL CHOICE OF FONT
My final choice for my album covers fontis my second one. I havechosen this
font becauseit relates to my band the most, it’s a simple non-flashy fontthat
doesn’tstand out. I’mnot saying my band wont stand out but when it comes to
advertising of the band and putting the band on display I don’t wantanything too
“out there”. This is mainly because it also fits my genre of punk, punks werenever
people to wantto stand out they justwanted to be different. The simplicity of this
font justportrays my bands way of being, not wanting to appeasethe masses and
not caring whatpeople think, they will only care for the true fans who also don’t
care how the band act or are.