//I have decided I would like to be able to create my own font for this book to allow everything to flow together well and have the same look and feel. The font is pretty basic, almost school-like (like a child’s), but the reason I want it is for that hand-drawn/sketch look. Here are the plans for it, whether I will have the time to include it along with the amount of pages I want to achieve is another thing!
//The typography project has been quite a struggle in ways as I couldn’t really think of an idea. However, since completing the project I have been thinking of other ideas I could have done! Either way, I am happy with what I’ve made even if I do feel improvements can be made. I feel my type would really benefit from me creating the whole alphabet and then maybe turning it into a computer based font.
Although I am happy with the final layout of my typography, I feel this poster appears a little dull. However, I was happy with the colour choice as it was the only one that didn’t really clash with the colours in the type. I feel the colourfulness of the type is an aspect that really works and makes it unique. I found creating this type quite a challenge as I had to photograph every letter I made and then edit them on Photoshop. However, although there is definitely improvement to be made there, I feel every letter has similarity in shape and style. I feel that if the editing process wasn’t so long winded I would have happily created the whole alphabet. I probably could of anyway but the letters wouldn’t have been to my almost perfectionist standard. I found myself using the eraser tool on background image that the ‘colour range’ tool did not pick up. If I did this on every letter of the alphabet it would have gotten tedious.
I also presented my type on a book cover which I think works well – I didn’t need much else going on on the front cover as the type has a lot going for it on it’s own. I made a little back page too but left it blank.
Doing this project has sparked an interest in typography and creating my own typefaces. After completing this project and the next I might have a go at doing this again with some of my other ideas I have in mind. I would like to create my own working font.
//After having a play around with my book cover design on Photoshop, I decided I didn’t completely like the layout and the way it looks as a book cover. Therefore I decided to display it as a landscape poster as I thought the type would look better this way. The poster could be advertising the book – so my two designs work well as a package.
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I decided to present my typeface on a typographic book cover design. As the type was made up with paperclips I thought the most obvious title for the book would be that.
I kept the cover simple using text only as I have seen others like it that were really effective and wanted to try it myself. The typeface has a lot going on anyway so I felt it would be too crowded with other images.
The main issue I had was deciding on a background colour that didn’t clash with the colours of the paperclips but I feel this beige/pink colour works well. I’ve included my name where the author name would be and to also include some uppercase lettering of my type. However, I think that it would have been better in another font to keep the attention on the main title. Keeping the shadows around the paperclips was a good idea as now it gives it a 3D look and really makes them stand out.
I’ve also designed the spine of the book and the back cover, which is a basic layout for information such as the blurb, publisher, etc to be added to. I felt I needed to include this in the design to show it clearly as a book cover design.
//As I originally wanted to create a type by hand, I had a go at this by drawing an Alice In Wonderland font that I found on dafont.com (click here). I believe this is the font used in Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland movie. I like both Alice in Wonderland and Tim Burton’s style so this really appealed to me. However, although I really liked how it turned out, I wasn’t sure how to modify it to make it my own. I had ideas such as to turn the letters into something like these:
But in the end I decided against it and to stick with my paperclip idea, but I still wanted to include it in this blog.
