Swiss style poster - which one do you prefer?

[u/ZestycloseAddition81]

I tried designing swiss style poster which I might use as room decoration. I just can’t decide between the two versions before I send the design to printing service. So I would greatly appreciate to know people’s opinion on which one is more visually appealing.

Any potential advice is welcome as well!

[u/laserviper2000]

The text in no. 1 doesn’t really make sense in German. It sounds like you want to change the format of the flag.

[u/ZestycloseAddition81 → u/laserviper2000]

Oh really? I’m not really proficient in German so thanks. I thought erhöhen means to raise/erect.

[u/laserviper2000 → u/ZestycloseAddition81]

It’s a very literal translation that sounds a bit off to me. You could go with „Hisst die rote Fahne“.

[u/KittyLizz → u/ZestycloseAddition81]

erhöhen usually means to increase something, like a price

[u/TheTomatoes2 → u/ZestycloseAddition81]

yeah but not for a flag

[u/Peace_Un → u/ZestycloseAddition81]

It means "to increase", not "to raise" - to increase the flag sounds wrong in English too.

[u/dvxlgames → u/laserviper2000]

It does actually make perfect sense in german (I am german)

[u/Advice_Thingy → u/dvxlgames]

It really doesn't (I am german)

[u/dvxlgames → u/Advice_Thingy]

It literally means „Raise the red flag“ what are you on??

[u/Nomestic01 → u/dvxlgames]

The German word for raising a flag is „Hissen“ not „Erhöhen“

[u/Advice_Thingy → u/dvxlgames]

Yes, if we translate your sentence as "Es literarisch meint "Erhöht die rote Fahne" was bist du auf??", then the sentence on the design also makes sense.

[u/swedishmousehafia]

Immediately prefer 2.

[u/sumpuran]

Number 2, but I would use hanging punctuation for the quote. Now ‘die’ looks like it’s inset.

And does October 17 have something to do with Marxism, or is it just today’s date?

[u/ZestycloseAddition81 → u/sumpuran]

thanks for the advice and it’s just today’s date😅
Although, apparently, today’s when Karl Kautsky passed away.

[u/TheTomatoes2]

Line spacing issue for the body copy

[u/limpopo33231 → u/TheTomatoes2]

Yes, what can be done when using a lowercase text which makes the letters have different heights?

[u/dect0r]

they both have some typography that needs additional work. if you wanna go swiss style typography is the most important thing to get right.

the first thing is the line-height. on the second the body text is too tight, no hanging punctuation.

on the first line 1+2 has a different spacing than 2+3.

[u/ZestycloseAddition81 → u/dect0r]

thanks for the advice. I will work on the line spacing and hanging punctuation.

[u/grdstudio]

Nice start, but you really need to study Swiss design a lot more

[u/ZestycloseAddition81 → u/grdstudio]

May I know where I could improve on? I worked on line spacing and hanging punctuation from other comment’s advice.

[u/xNicR]

I dig nr 1