Weekly art websites: exceptional examples of typography as art

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Tuesday 13 April 2010 00:00 BST
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Typography is used to create beautiful artworks in this week's selection of art websites.

typo/graphic posters - http://www.typographicposters.com/#
typo/graphic posters is a website designed by graphic designer Andre Felipe. The website is a directory of interesting and innovative typographic and design posters.

Tania Alvarez - http://www.polopanda.com/
Spanish designer Tania Alvarez creates unique lettering. Her intricate typefaces have been used in magazines like the New York Times Sunday Magazine.

Petar Pavlov - http://www.petarpavlov.com/
Macedonia-based designer Petar Pavlov's type as an image collection shows how designers can create images where words become self-referencing images.

Craig Ward - http://www.debutart.com/artist/craig-ward/work/50-motion-graphics-essentials
Craig Ward is a London-based designer that likes to play around with words, transforming words into pictures and pictures into words.

Stefano Joker Lionetti - http://www.loveleft.com/
Italian designer Stefano Joker Lionetti is renowned for his graphic use of text and witty poster design. His Typocondria posters are a great example of effective and amusing typography.

Pablo Alfieri - http://www.pabloalfieri.com/
Buenos Aires-based graphic designer and illustrator Alfieri uses text in a "playful" way, fluttering between order and chaos, to create bold layouts with strong visual impact.

Adolfo Correa - http://www.behance.net/kultsi
Adolfo Correa aka Kultsi is a graphic design student creating waves in the industry with his modern interpretation of text-based graphic design.

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