Contemporary

Primitive and hand-drawn illustration.

Modern layout with traditional fonts.

Hand-written font and loose.

Modern layout with traditional font.

Hand-written font, primitive, and collage illustration.

Digital

Layered and overlapping.

Messy, chaotic, layering, overlapping, absurd, and loose. 

Collage illustration, messy, and chaotic.

Overlapping and messy.

Hand-written font, anarchic, and Japanese anime imagery.

The Victorian Age

Ornate and complete.

Ornate and complex.

Curved, ornate typography. 

No close ups, filled page, type in banners, and framed realistic images.

Lace and ornate.

Art Nouveau

Flat color and floral abstraction.

Black outline and abstract hair.

Black outline and Asian inspired.

Black outline, floral abstraction, abstract hair, and Asian inspired.

Profile, floral abstraction, flat color, and curvilinear shapes.

Post Modern

"Ransom" type in bars, mixing with other styles.

"Ransom" type in bars, mixing with other styles.

"Ransom" type in bars, mixing with other styles.

Squiggly lines and symbolism.

Overprinting colors.

Colorful shape collage, gradations, and mixed typefaces. 

Swiss/New International

Minimalism.

Minimalism.

Minimalism.

Geometrical and abstract.

Clean Helvetica. 

Conceptual + Psychedelia

Curvilinear shapes, hand-drawn type, and intense color combinations.

Stacked type that is hard to read.

Curvilinear shapes, inspired by pop art, and imagery without relation to topic.

Inspired by pop art.

Inspired by pop art.

Subculture, bright colors, and inspired by pop art.