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Book Cover Typography

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EpicGirl
Book Cover Typography
May 31, 2012 01:58PM
Anyone else as obsessed with book cover typography as I am? Here are some of my favorite examples:





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Heidi
Re: Book Cover Typography
May 31, 2012 02:14PM
Book covers will make or break whether or not a book is picked up
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EpicGirl
Re: Book Cover Typography
May 31, 2012 02:28PM
So true! I am guilty of judging a book by its cover. Althought I have been finding lately that sometimes a bad cover = a great book. Like Sabriel. I've never been into that cover, but it's so amazing!
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Lonesword
Re: Book Cover Typography
June 09, 2012 12:25PM
I know. I try to not look at a cover seriously until I know about the book. As for cool covers-I really like Hush, Hush. The cover has the perfect amount of creepy to it. Divergent's and Insurgent's are also cool. The gone series' covers are awesome, too.
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fatoshleo
Re: Book Cover Typography
June 12, 2012 04:23PM
Lindy's diary? is that like book 2 of Beastly or just the same story from Lindy's pov?
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EpicGirl
Re: Book Cover Typography
June 13, 2012 09:34AM
fatoshleo Wrote:
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> Lindy's diary? is that like book 2 of Beastly or
> just the same story from Lindy's pov?


Looks like it's the same story from Beastly but retold from Lindy's POV. Here's the link to the book's page.
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Kimmyl
Re: Book Cover Typography
June 14, 2012 09:42AM
People say don't a judge book by its cover. But to be honest, I do when browsing. Haha. Oh. God. Has anyone seen The MArk Of Athena cover. Wow.
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artsymusings
Re: Book Cover Typography
June 15, 2012 01:02PM
One of my favorite covers in terms of typrography is the cover of Slide. Beautiful!

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LiteratureLion
Re: Book Cover Typography
June 16, 2012 07:48AM
I agree - I really like the text on Beastly and Slide! Some other great typography covers: Of Poseidon by Anna Banks, Masque of the Red Death by Bethany Griffin, Wrecked by Anna Davies!
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EpicGirl
Re: Book Cover Typography
June 22, 2012 12:29PM
Love all those! Here are a few more I like a lot:





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Amynta
Re: Book Cover Typography
June 24, 2012 11:22PM
I really love the typography work on these editions of Diana Wynne Jones's Howl's Moving Castle books.



They look really great in person, plus the font choice for the author name matches her other books (of this era), so even though the bulk of the covers look different, there's one consistant thing across all the different series, which is really nice. smiling smiley
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NotoriousGOT
Re: Book Cover Typography
June 25, 2012 02:09PM
WOAH!!! I have never seen those covers of Howl's Moving Castle before.....so cool!!!!!!!

Here are some of my favorites:







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Haley G
Re: Book Cover Typography
June 25, 2012 06:10PM
I'm a Graphic Design major, and I took a class on typography this spring. Type on a book cover should be both readable and interesting. My title-type favorites are the Unearthly series and the Beautiful Creatures (Caster Chronicles) series.I love how the letters intertwine and connect.
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DarkRaven
Book Cover Typography
June 27, 2012 10:40AM
OMG I LOVE the Beautiful Creatures typography!!! Here are some of my other faves:

Ash by Malinda Lo


Ruined by Paula Morris


Balthazar by Claudia Gray


The Boneshaker by Cherie Priest


Perfect by Ellen Hopkins
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Chick Loves Lit
Re: Book Cover Typography
June 27, 2012 12:45PM
I'm big into typography as well (I have a graphic design degree too, Haley!) and I am in love with the focus the type on book covers is getting. I particularly love the way they played with the text on Wither (Lauren DeStefano)!

One thing that I have found as being an extra perk for my ereader is that I don't judge by the cover on there since I'm mostly looking at titles. This helps a LOT for the books I might have purchased on a whim or in a bargain sale that might have a cover a really do not like - I'll often just forget about those bad covers once it's on my ereader!
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Haley G
Re: Book Cover Typography
June 27, 2012 03:11PM
I would love to design my own typeface/title, and find myself trying to imitate some of the swirly designs like on the Unearthly and Beautiful Creatures books. But those use San-serif typfaces, and I like script and transitional serif type-faces the best. Or display faces with unique features. I really like the type face Angelic War. It's found on the cover of Anna Carey's Eve series.
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Gorelenore
Re: Book Cover Typography
July 03, 2012 11:26AM
I love covers. They almost always make or break if I read a book and if I buy one type of cover and it is a series they all have to match in my set...
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Haley G
Re: Book Cover Typography
August 07, 2012 10:53AM
Oh no...SPAMMMERS!!!! This happen to new forums all the time when you don't make them MEMBERS ONLY.
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EpicGirl
Re: Book Cover Typography
August 07, 2012 07:41PM
Yikes! Looks like we got hit by spammers. I deleted all the messages and made the forum for members only, so hopefully that solves the problem!
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Giselle
Re: Book Cover Typography
August 18, 2012 03:19PM
YES!!! I LOVE the beautiful typography on book covers. Sometimes I get inspired just by looking at it. One of my ultimate favourites at the moment are:





KUDOS to these two designers or illustrators. I applaud their hard work! thumbs up



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