Typefaces and letter forms

Typefaces and Letter Forms

Serif

The Serif font has flicks, edges, additional lines at the end of the letters. The words also go from thickness of thin to thick and vice versa. The font is widely known as the “Roman” font as the the serif font was carved into stones during the Roman period, this gave the letters the flicks, edges, and thickness etc. Some examples of the Serif font are: Times New Roman, Droid Serif, Tinos.Some examples of books that use this font are:

San Serif

The Sans Serif fonts also known as “Gothic” are generally more consistent with their thickness in the words and they don’t have any flicks, edges at the end of the letters. The term comes from a French word “Sans” which means “without”. This type of font was found in Greek and Latin inscriptions. Some examples of this font are: Impact, Arial, Oswald.

Book covers that use this font are:

Decorative

Decorative type can also be identified as “Display” because of its decorative style. This type of font style highly became popular in the Victorian era during the 19th century and the Art Noveau movement. This type of font is normally only used for decorative type purposes and not headings etc. Some examples of this font are: Gloria Hallelujah, Allerta Stencil, Uniffraktur Magunita.

Some examples of this font on book covers are:

Script

The Script fonts are fonts that look like they have been hand written, they have a very curved, fancy style to them. This type of font was mainly used in the 17th, 18th century and began to be used in the 19th century for things like invitations and diplomas as the script font presented itself in an elegant manner. Some examples of the font are: Pinyon script, Dancing script, Marck script.

Examples of book covers that use this font are:

Book Cover 1

This book cover for The Fault In Our Stars has a hand written and decorative style to it. The letters are broken up and out of shape as they are telling us that the teenagers in the book have a very hard and difficult life as they are both dying from cancer and can’t be together. The black and white clouds are a contrast of the teenagers lives as they can’t be together because of what they’re going through.

Book Cover 2

This book cover uses San Serif writing as it is very bold and doesn’t have any of the flicks and edges on the writing. The drawing of the pig suggests to the audience that the book is about animals. The colours on the front cover work very well as they help each other stand out. The writing inside the pig is very rough and uneven which shows us that the lives of the animals are unfair and unequal as this is also shown but the caption inside the pig.

Book Cover 3This book cover uses a Decorative font to make the book cover look more interesting. The decorative font also fits into this book cover it looks very royal and is gold. The colour gold fist in as the ring in the book that has to be destroyed is gold and the O is also in the shape of a ring. The background of the book is very dark with a bright light. This is effective as in the story the dark power is rising (represented by all the dark colours) and the humans are trying to fight back with a bit of hope (represented by the white light).

Book Cover 4

The cover of this book presents two men travelling together which links to the theme of the book. It shows the mountains which were mentioned as well as the river that was described in the book. The font is very simple which could be linking to one of the main characters in the book called Lennie who also is a very simple person as he has learning disabilities.

Book Cover 5Romeo and Juliet is a book that comes from a play which is about a couple called Romeo and Juliet who’s love is doomed from the start. The background for the book is very romantic which reflects the main theme of the book. The font is a serif font which has the edges and flicks. The white colour also stands out and is simple to read. However the font isn’t very effective.

Book Cover 6

This book is about a boy who tried helping a boy in a concentration camp and in the end got gassed. The colours of the book cover links to the striped pyjamas that were used for the prisoners in the camps of death. The font is also serif and black which represents sadness. The grey colours are very dull and unhappy.

Book Cover 7

This book is about a girl who is forced to participate in the Hunger Games (Games of death) for the second time. The font is bold, and looks very futuristic, it is also broken up which can link to the fact that people are being killed during these hunger games. The font also uses negative space to add in silhouettes of the people. The font also has blood stains around it which links to the deaths of the people in the hunger games.

Book Cover 8

This book is about a girl who writes letters to the dead. The font is script text which relates to the fact that she writes letters to the dead. The font is black and white which contrasts the life and death world. The background of the book cover is of the sunset sky which can link to the fact that the dead are thought to be up in the skies.

Book Cover 9

The book cover of this book is made up of decorative text and some images to illustrate the cover. The font is decorative and looks very stylish however it also has a childlike style to it because it looks like it could've been written by a child. The images on the book cover also looks like it was drawn by a child.

Book Cover 10

The font on the book cover looks like it is moving behind the window which links to the main theme of the book which is travelling back and forth on a train. The font is also san serif and the colour is also white which is simple and easy to read which would be more appealing to people who are looking at the book cover. It also helps to read the text on the blurry and colourful back ground.