The article discusses the role of typography in social justice, particularly through the work of Vocal Type. It highlights how typefaces can carry emotive weight, either dividing or uniting communities based on their usage. The exhibition showcases 17 typefaces inspired by historical events, such as VTC Ruby, which reclaims a typeface previously used for oppression, now honoring Civil Rights icon Ruby Bridges. Each typeface serves as a storytelling medium rooted in research and dedicated to social justice while engaging audiences in an immersive historical narrative.
This enabled the system of oppression to persist visually and rhetorically, a concept thoroughly explored across the exhibition, revealing how the emotive personalities of typefaces could be used to divide or unite.
Each typeface is deeply rooted in research and storytelling, honouring the individuals and movements that inspired them, a creative approach Tré and Civilization channelled in Characters: Type in Action's visual output.
The goal was to create layers of engagement, both visceral and intellectual. The entire exhibition space was designed to feel like a journey.
Typography will remain a cornerstone of social justice movements and the organisations that support them, reflecting the ongoing power of this medium in today's global state of affairs.
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