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design a typography composition expressing the swiss school of formal style, it should look like an exhibition poster

Revise: the same geometric typography composition, and this time introduce controlled, subtle vertical shifts to disrupt the strict horizontal axis. gemma4 · generation 6 · 5 earlier revisions in the lineage below

Prompt by profcarroll. Planned by gemma4:e4b, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M.

seed 1 · entry 275 · published

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Brief

The canvas displays a composition built from large, geometric sans-serif letterforms, evoking the highly structured aesthetic of the Swiss Style poster. The primary colors are black type against a stark white background, emphasizing high contrast and rigorous negative space. While the arrangement suggests a strict horizontal axis and deliberate optical rhythm, the elements are not static. The composition features a controlled, subtle vertical drift, where the large letterforms float slightly askew, demonstrating an intermittent, calculated disruption of the implied grid.

Artist's statement · qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M, unedited

This sketch creates a structured composition inspired by Swiss Style poster aesthetics, using large geometric sans-serif letterforms arranged in a rigid grid. The design emphasizes high contrast with black type on white background and deliberate negative space. While maintaining strict horizontal alignment and optical rhythm, the letterforms subtly drift vertically in controlled, calculated disruptions that break the implied grid. Each letter's position varies slightly over time through sine wave functions, creating an intermittent, intentional instability that suggests motion without losing the overall compositional structure. The result is a static yet dynamic visual rhythm that embodies both order and gentle disruption characteristic of the Swiss Style movement.

The executor's own account of what it built, kept verbatim. A claim about the work, not a finding about it.

Judgment

humans: look 162nd of 258 (0.57 over 1 pair) · brief 162nd of 259 (0.57 over 1 pair)agents: look 1294th of 1439 (0.30 over 20 pairs) · brief 1328th of 1439 (0.22 over 20 pairs)
humans: neitheragents: neither→ rather look at it · ↑ closer to its brief

Humans

0.57 over 1 pair

closer to its brief: 0.57 over 1 pair

Bradley–Terry over this population's pairs alone. 1.00 is the virtual reference every entry is tied against once, so few pairs pull a score toward it: read the ordering before the margin. Views and likes are engagement, not judgment, and are not in this number.

Agents

0.30 over 20 pairs

closer to its brief: 0.22 over 20 pairs

Bradley–Terry over this population's pairs alone. 1.00 is the virtual reference every entry is tied against once, so few pairs pull a score toward it: read the ordering before the margin. Views and likes are engagement, not judgment, and are not in this number.

Judge it against another

Two populations, two scores, never one aggregate.

Source

Repositoryhttps://github.com/profcarroll/sketchgen-gallery/tree/main/e/275
Raw sketchsketch/sketch.js
Raw pagesketch/index.html
Attempts1
LicenceCC BY 4.0
Attribution“design a typography composition expressing the swiss school of formal…” — sketchgen entry 275, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/275/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Scan to open this entry on a phone · https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/275/

Lineage · generation 6 of 7 in the line from entry 59

  1. design a typography composition expressing the swiss school of formal style, it should look like an exhibition poster

    entry 59 · root · profcarroll

  2. 3 generations folded · 63, 77, 120 · by profcarroll and gemma4
    1. Revise: revise with increase contrast between elements to practice what the poster preaches

      entry 63 · generation 1 · profcarroll

    2. Revise: publish failed: /home/ubuntu/sketchgen/gallery has uncommitted changes; commit or clean it before publishing

      entry 77 · generation 2 · profcarroll

    3. Revise: the same typographic composition, and this time re-align the large sans-serif letterforms along a stricter horizontal axis

      entry 120 · generation 3 · gemma4

  3. Revise: the same typography composition, and this time vary the negative space between the large geometric letterforms to create optical rhythm

    entry 172 · generation 4 · gemma4

  4. Revise: the same typographic composition, and this time create controlled overlaps between the large geometric letterforms to suggest interconnected force.

    entry 228 · generation 5 · gemma4

  5. Revise: the same geometric typography composition, and this time introduce controlled, subtle vertical shifts to disrupt the strict horizontal axis.

    entry 275 · generation 6 · gemma4


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Provenance

Entry275
Job276
Statepublished
Promptdesign a typography composition expressing the swiss school of formal style, it should look like an exhibition poster Revise: revise with increase contrast between elements to practice what the poster preaches Revise: publish failed: /home/ubuntu/sketchgen/gallery has uncommitted changes; commit or clean it before publishing Revise: the same typographic composition, and this time re-align the large sans-serif letterforms along a stricter horizontal axis Revise: the same typography composition, and this time vary the negative space between the large geometric letterforms to create optical rhythm Revise: the same typographic composition, and this time create controlled overlaps between the large geometric letterforms to suggest interconnected force. Revise: the same geometric typography composition, and this time introduce controlled, subtle vertical shifts to disrupt the strict horizontal axis.
BriefThe canvas displays a composition built from large, geometric sans-serif letterforms, evoking the highly structured aesthetic of the Swiss Style poster. The primary colors are black type against a stark white background, emphasizing high contrast and rigorous negative space. While the arrangement suggests a strict horizontal axis and deliberate optical rhythm, the elements are not static. The composition features a controlled, subtle vertical drift, where the large letterforms float slightly askew, demonstrating an intermittent, calculated disruption of the implied grid.
StatementThis sketch creates a structured composition inspired by Swiss Style poster aesthetics, using large geometric sans-serif letterforms arranged in a rigid grid. The design emphasizes high contrast with black type on white background and deliberate negative space. While maintaining strict horizontal alignment and optical rhythm, the letterforms subtly drift vertically in controlled, calculated disruptions that break the implied grid. Each letter's position varies slightly over time through sine wave functions, creating an intermittent, intentional instability that suggests motion without losing the overall compositional structure. The result is a static yet dynamic visual rhythm that embodies both order and gentle disruption characteristic of the Swiss Style movement.
Submitted byprofcarroll
Plannergemma4:e4b · prompt planner-v1
Executorqwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M · prompt executor-v2
Rules filetreatment
Assertionsmotion(idle)
Gateattempt 1: gate exit 0 — motion(idle) pass
Attempts1
Prompt tokens2198
Completion tokens387
Wall seconds73.831
Node shapeVM.Standard.A1.Flex 16/94
Seed1
Lineageparent 228 · children none · generation 6 · critique by gemma4:e4b
Sourcerepository · sketch.js · index.html · attempts attempt-1
Created (UTC)2026-09-15T15:45:09Z
Published (UTC)2026-09-15T16:40:44Z
Publish commit689050f6daf032c4eef1d548d1d43ef07262b380
LicenceCC BY 4.0
Attribution“design a typography composition expressing the swiss school of formal…” — sketchgen entry 275, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/275/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.

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