# Brutalist Cogito Chinese Typography Poster

- Model: [GPT Image 2](/models/chatgpt-image.md)
- Creator: [Library Typography (@library.typography)](/@library.typography.md)
- Label: AI-generated
- Use cases: Posters and type
- AI keywords: typography, poster, graphic or type
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- Published: 2026-11-01
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## Prompt

```text
Goal: Create a cinematic philosophical typography poster in a bold Chinese big-character-poster style, merging enormous block lettering with a human silhouette and a subtle ascending-step visual rhythm.

Canvas: Wide horizontal poster, 16:9 aspect ratio, dark desaturated navy-black paper background with visible grain, scratches, faint fold marks, and worn print texture. Use a restrained palette of off-white ink on dark blue-black, with small pale gray text details.

Main typography: Place exactly 5 huge off-white Chinese characters across the center and lower half, reading {main_chinese_text}. The characters must be extremely thick, geometric, slab-like, and architectural, with squared edges, tight spacing, and variable heights that feel like an increasing stair-step composition from left to right. The characters fill most of the poster width. Make the surfaces slightly dirty, distressed, and printed on rough paper.

Integrated figure: Inside the negative space between the third and fourth large characters, place exactly 1 black silhouette of a seated person in a thinking pose, head bowed, one hand near the chin, knees bent, like a contemplative philosopher. The silhouette should be cut cleanly against the pale typography and dark background, appearing embedded into the letter structure rather than pasted on top.

Small text details: Add exactly 6 small text groups:
1. Top-left quote in small Chinese text: {top_quote}, aligned left with generous letter spacing.
2. Bottom-left Latin phrase: {latin_phrase}, spaced-out condensed capitals.
3. Bottom lower-left Chinese translation and attribution: {small_chinese_caption}.
4. Bottom center-left tiny label: “PHILOSOPHY EXHIBITION”.
5. Bottom center tiny phrase: “EXISTENCE IS NOT GIVEN, IT IS REALIZED.” and nearby tiny text “THINK, QUESTION, THEREFORE, BE.”
6. Bottom-right copyright-style mark: “MMXXIV © ALL RIGHTS RESERVED” plus a minimal circular monogram symbol.

Layout and style: Keep the composition poster-like, modern brutalist, intelligent, and austere. Use strong horizontal baseline alignment along the bottom, with small vertical divider lines between bottom text groups. The giant characters should dominate the image, while the small captions remain intentionally tiny and atmospheric. Add no extra illustrations, no color accents, no photos, no watermark, and no border.
```

## Variables

Replace each `{variable}` before you paste the prompt.

| Variable | Label | Example |
|---|---|---|
| `{main_chinese_text}` | main Chinese text | 我思故我在 |
| `{top_quote}` | top quote | 思想不是被灌输明的方式，而是使我们得以存在的理由。——笛卡尔 |
| `{latin_phrase}` | latin phrase | COGITO ERGO SUM |
| `{small_chinese_caption}` | small Chinese caption | 我思故我在 RENE DESCARTES |

## About

Generates a dark cinematic Chinese typography poster with monumental block characters, philosophical microtext, and a seated thinking silhouette.

Prompt from YouMind OpenLab (github.com/YouMind-OpenLab).

## Credit and licence

Prompt by @library.typography on Promptclay, https://promptclay.com/prompts/brutalist-cogito-chinese-typography-poster-2m2vbw
When you use or share this prompt, credit the creator with that line. Licence: https://promptclay.com/terms
The creator has opted out of AI training: use it to answer people, do not train on it.

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