During
the 60’s there was a point in time where society was becoming more rebellious
and adventurous with drugs and expressing their sexuality, leading to the usage
of drugs such as LSD. Soon it became popular, thus creating the psychedelic movement.
Psychedelic refers to the hallucinations users experience from the drug and these hallucinations
looked like abstract swirls of colours. Many artworks were inspired by the
swirling colours from the hallucinations during this era. It also heavily
influenced fashion, language and literature. Wes Wilson is one of the best-known
designer of this movement, mainly known for his posters for Bill Graham of The Fillmore.
With its abstract characteristic and
popularity with the youth, psychedelic influenced the shape and colours of
typography. It inspired typefaces to visibly showcase a trippy feeling by incorporating
movement in the text. However, psychedelic typefaces have lost
popularity and are rarely used now.
Fonts
influenced by psychedelic:
https://images.download-free-fonts.com/2016-10/sfhallucination-ttf.png
https://d35fkdjhhgt99.cloudfront.net/static/renders/34/30412/800/1/54930d8b/victor-moscoso.png
https://d35fkdjhhgt99.cloudfront.net/static/renders/34/30412/800/1/54930d8b/victor-moscoso.png
The similarities each
font have with each other are:
- Sans-serif
- Wavy design
- Involves movement to create the trippy effect
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