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The New Typography

Tschichold's 1928 programme: asymmetry, sans serif and photography, argued as a moral position.

What it does

Die neue Typographie set out rules rather than preferences: asymmetric arrangement instead of centred, sans serif as the only honest modern type, standardised DIN paper sizes, photography instead of drawn illustration, and heavy rules to organise the field. It predates the Swiss school by twenty years and is more combative. Tschichold later renounced the whole thing as too doctrinaire and returned to classical setting at Penguin, which is the most interesting fact about it.

The prompt

A New Typography layout for [Subject] in the 1928 Tschichold manner. Strictly asymmetric arrangement with a strong empty diagonal of white space, sans serif only in two weights, no centred lines anywhere. Heavy black rules organising the field into unequal zones. One black and white photograph placed hard against the trim. Red for a single emphasis. DIN proportion sheet, offset on white.

Replace [Subject] with what you are shooting. Everything else is deliberate: the gear, stock and lighting are what push a generator towards this look.

Works well in

Midjourney, Ideogram, FLUX

Pairs with

Swiss International Style Bauhaus / Constructivist

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