Postage Stamp Summary

On the Stamp there are three different font types. The large text at the bottom "Republique Rwandaise" is in blacklister. This is a successful for mentioning the area of which it is from. It is highlighted in blue text which stands out compared to the gold. It is centered which matches the center of Van Eyck's artwork in the center. It is filled with a border like the actual stamp. It offers a white space around it that helps with reading the blackletter font. It also naturally fits in underneath the photo.

The second type you see clearly is the 20 cents in the circle to the left. It is in Bodoni bold to create a knockout in the gold color. The c sitting underneath the 20 feels a little out of place in conjunction to the numbers. Since this is in one area where the stamp is from, it could have been left off. If it had to be a part of it, creating a different shape or incorporating it into the 20 would have been better. The font makes the amount legible compared to using a blackletter style.

The title of the piece of art from Van Eyck gets lost in such a small type, the blue font suggests there is something there that needs to be looked closer into. If it were the gold color like the date at the bottom it would be overlooked easily. The font style is sans serif bold. The details of the letters are lost in printing. I can understand that as it is the artwork's title it is not as important as the price or area. I also feel if they are going to do a stamp on an artwork maybe, make the artwork smaller and make that text a little bit bigger. The year is in gold at the bottom and is totally lost. It should have been in blue so it does not look like a gold bottom to the bottom that shouldn't be there. It could have been incorporated into another area of the stamp.

There is a consistency between the text at the bottom, it is all centered, there is a hierarchy to the text. We see the place, amount, and then the date and title together.