WSU MASC

This broadside that I found in the MASC is an example of Integrating Images to Kyle Schlesinger’s essay. The text is the most prominent aspect of this broadside, but there is also the inclusion of illustrations, which helps emphasize and bring humor to the message that the broadside is communicating. I am not exactly sure, but I think that this broadside was created using a letterpress, since it was from the year 1915. Some type on this broadside is large which helps draw the audience (freshman class of 1917). Also, the introduction of just the color red helps grab passer-bys attention from the color alone. It calls out display type which are thee words like “Infants” and “your doom is sealed.” When I saw this drew me in to see that the finer print said and to my surprise it was very comical. When looking at the broadside up-close the illustrations compliment what the information on the poster. For example, a bunch of crying babies illustrates the word “infants”. Also another example of this is at the bottom the broadside. Once the rules are read there’s a finger pointing to an illustration of a man floating in the water with the words “the end” on his feet. This is also a comical way that the designer conveyed that these rules better be followed or the freshman class will be sorry. There are several different typefaces used and depending on the type and size of it creates how much kerning there is between each letter. For example, the word “infants” stands alone and is the whole width of the broadside and has a substantial amount of space between the letters when compared to the line that says “your doom is sealed” the letters are slimmer and there is less space between each letter.