Books, Design and Culture
Over the next few days (likely weeks/months) I’m going to be experimenting with Typekit to use a slab serif typeface for headlines on The Casual Optimist.
At the time of writing, you should be seeing the ‘logo’ and ‘tagline’ at the top of the page displayed in the beautiful Adelle by TypeTogether.
I would love some feedback on Typekit (is it intrusive?) and the typeface (is it an improvement?), so let me know what you think in the comments. Cheers.
5 CommentsEarlier this week, London-based graphic designer Dan Mogford kindly alerted me to a series of fresh Edward de Bono covers he designed for the Penguin UK:
At the BPPA book cover panel last night, David Gee was lamenting publishers’ current predilection for blandly neutral Malcolm Gladwell-esque covers for certain kinds of popular nonfiction, and so I’m really glad that Dan (and Penguin) decided to go in the completely opposite direction. I really like the slab serif (the rather lovely Stag by Christian Schwartz, Dan tells me), bold colours, and light-bulb motif they went with here.
Is it just me or do they have a certain Milton Glaser-like quality?
