Introduction to Book Cover Design

Overview

“Now I will tell you a little about those mistakes that you should avoid making at all costs when working on choosing your typeface.”

In this video lesson Daniel Bolívar addresses the topic: Typographic choice 2, which is part of the Domestika online course: Introduction to Book Cover Design. Learn the essentials to design the front cover of a book from start to finish.

Partial transcription of the video

“Typographic choice Finally, I want to give you some tips about mistakes to be avoided at all costs, as they can detract from the design of your cover. The first mistake you make is combining very similar fonts. Here I am putting a Didona font, which is Didot, and the other, who is also a Didona, who is Bodoni. So let's say if I already used any of these, I would rather not use another one so similar, because it may be unnoticeable or it may be strange that there is a similar one, but it is not the same, it kind of doesn't combine that well. The second mistake, which is very serious, and wel...”

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Course summary for: Introduction to Book Cover Design

• Level: Beginner
• 99% positive reviews (184)
• 3910 students
• 5 units
• 18 lessons (2h 36m)
• 6 downloads

• Category

  Design

• Software

  Adobe InDesign, Adobe Photoshop

• Areas

  Art Direction, Bookbinding, Design, Editorial Design, Graphic Design