Just My Type!
Happy Tuesday! Today, we are talking about typography. While looking through my read-shelf, I found myself drawn to book covers where the title was worked organically into the cover art. All of these did something that caught my eye. Some used mixed fonts which were fun, other's featured the title on a piece of the artwork that made it look like part of the picture instead of something added over the artwork. I also found the type made sense. For example, Rookie Season features a font that is used with letterman jackets, they added snow to the tops of the letters for Grace & Henry's Holiday Movie Marathon. I found these to be good choices.
- Rookie Season by Katie Bailey, Leah Brunner
- Twice by Mitch Albom
- This Book Made Me Think of You by Libby Page
- The Lust Crusade by Jo Segura
- Best Wishes From The Full Moon Coffee Shop by Mai Mochizuki
- Grace & Henry's Holiday Movie Marathon by Matthew Norman
- The Last Days of the Midnight Ramblers by Sarah Tomlinson
- You Between the Lines by Katie Naymon
- Rewitched by Lucy Jane Wood
- The Strawberry Patch Pancake House by Laurie Gilmore
What draws you to a cover?
Let us know in the comments!
Let us know in the comments!
I've never really paid attention to the writing, its usually the picture that grabs me. But I can see what you were talking about after looking at the covers.
ReplyDeleteI am a total cover ho, but agree that a picture will be more likely to grab me.
DeleteI really like how they did This Book Made Me Think of You! And Holiday Movie! Those were especially fun choices!
ReplyDeleteThey did a great job making the title part of the overall artwork
DeleteOoh, I do like the ones where the title is incorporated into the cover art, like the book titles!
ReplyDeleteSuch a fun way to work the title in, right?
DeleteThe title of this post is perfect :) I also like covers that mix up their font styles. That makes the covers more interesting and eye-catching for sure.
ReplyDeleteHappy TT (on a Thursday)!
Exactly how I feel.
DeleteWhen this topic came up as the top ten prompt, I thought, meh. I went off topic, but seeing what people came up with has changed my mind on typography. You have some good choices here, Sam. They really set the tone for the books.
ReplyDeleteIt made me think more about that part of a cover which I think I noted subconsciously but never really thought about otherwise. It was fun to look through all the covers for some gems.
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