Showing posts with label Type. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Type. Show all posts
Thursday, March 12, 2015
Tuesday, June 18, 2013
Design Trend: Painterly Type
On a recent visit to Powell's Books in Portland, Oregon, I naturally gravitated to the wall of new novel releases. For both Adult and YA, the type treatment of the moment is this painterly, brush-stroke-like hand lettering that's 1) quite large—as in, it takes up most of the cover; 2) a basic color, mainly white or black; and 3) at a slightly left-sloping angle. Some of my favorites:
Which then got the wheels turning and ultimately inspired the final iteration of Lauren Myracle's upcoming YA novel, The Infinite Moment of Us. A complete look at the making of the cover coming next week. Stay tuned!
Which then got the wheels turning and ultimately inspired the final iteration of Lauren Myracle's upcoming YA novel, The Infinite Moment of Us. A complete look at the making of the cover coming next week. Stay tuned!
Monday, March 4, 2013
Book Title Logos
I'm always on about book titles as logos. And I'm sure I've mentioned a time or two that my design process always starts with the book title, which means I begin with the development of a logo. Here's a look at some Amulet and BYR titles in their pure logotype form:
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