{"id":477,"date":"2008-01-23T05:00:04","date_gmt":"2008-01-23T13:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightreading.com\/blog\/2008\/01\/23\/book-cover-design-on-fishing\/"},"modified":"2008-01-23T08:09:43","modified_gmt":"2008-01-23T16:09:43","slug":"book-cover-design-on-fishing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightreading.com\/blog\/art-and-illustration\/graphic-design\/book-cover-design-on-fishing\/","title":{"rendered":"Book cover design: On Fishing<\/i>"},"content":{"rendered":"

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On Fishing<\/em> is a good example of a mostly typographic cover that is distinctive, noticeable, and instantly conveys a sense of the book. The graceful loops of the swashes express something of the freedom and exhilaration of a good fly cast, while the title is forceful and remains readable from a distance.<\/p>\n

Perhaps the upright modernist font — which probably began as a form of Bodoni — with its perfectly vertical axis, suggests something of a fisherperson standing steady amid rushing water, as the loops of the castline swirl around.<\/p>\n

From a typographer’s point of view, however, the design leaves something to be desired. The hooklike extensions of the s and k are clever, and well enough done, but the connections between the swashes and the letter forms are rather clumsy. The B in particular is quite ugly, and the angle of the swash off the O is at least questionable. The way in which the swash connects is inconsistent: it gets quite thick where it attaches to the B, but it seems not thick enough where it attaches to the O and C.<\/p>\n

All in all, a clever design that will probably appeal to all but the most curmudgeonly typophile.<\/p>\n

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There is some discussion on this cover here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Online bookseller links for this title:<\/p>\n