Typography re-search

Typography;

Typography is a way of presenting a title of a cover whilst still making it look appealing. However, it must have been greatly linked to the title. For example, a good type of typography would be a title of a horror film dripping with blood. It’s relevant. An example of a bad typography would be a Disney film title dripping in blood. There is no relevance.

Good typography;

I like this typography because it’s all related. The font used is relaxing; as is reading, as it isn’t bold or loud… it gets your attention by being very subtle. The colour used for the title also ties in as it’s the colour that almost every book page is which is very clever. Another point is the author has created a book cover from a book. However, my favourite part of this cover is that the book hasn’t actually being cut to make the word ‘read’… It’s been folded. This is my favourite because if you don’t have a book mark, you fold the corner of the page to keep your place in the book.

This type of typography is very clever and has clearly being thought about. Although it look very simple and irrelevant, it’s actually not. If you research ‘break dancing’ or ‘crumping’, then you will know that the whole genre of dance is based around locking and poping your joints. Clearly linking in to the ‘W’ of this typography. The same goes with the pattern/animal prints, linking to tribal dancing, the ‘C’ is linked to contemporary or ballet because of the elegant swirl.

Book covers;

 

I like this particular book typography because it links in with the full theme of the book. The colour of the typography is a slightly darker blue than the main character so it ties in but doesn't blend in. The size of the print is bigger for the main title so it stands out more than the small print however, the glow around the small print is more dramatic so that it leads the eye smoothly from one title to the other. The font of the title also ties in with the overall imagery as the book is about avatars fighting for their forest and the font has a look of bamboo.

 

 

 

This typography captures my eye in many ways. The main reason is because of its simplicity. In a brief explanation I would describe the title as bold and it contrasts against the imagery of the background. However, when you look at it in detail, you see that some letters have imperfections, as do some words in a book. Also, that the font is similar to the font inside this particular book. Furthermore, the colours used in the imagery is very neutral, sandy colour, soft browns and a full red but, the title is dead white. Emphasising the typography.