The document discusses font ideas for a book cover for a horror genre book. It evaluates several fonts for suiting the era the book is set in (approximately 1916), representing elements of the plot such as violence, gore and a dilapidated house, and having a messy, handwritten style befitting of the horror genre. The last few paragraphs discuss designs for the book cover incorporating silhouettes, a doll image and text in a font called "Dirty and classic" that represents elements of the story.

1. Book cover font ideas

2. This font would suit the
horror genre as it looks messy. The
drips and spatter is also quite
common for the horror genre as
they suggest there may be gore as
the writing looks as though it
could e written in blood.
This font would be appropriate as it doesn’t
have straight edges and has lots of gaps
which symbolizes the chaotic nature of the
horror genre.
This font is similar to the other two in that it has
spatters and a messy look but it looks more hand
drawn than them, this could reference the part
of the book where the main character finds
messy writing beneath the wallpaper of the
house
This font would be suitable as the book is set in
approximately 1916 and the classic style of the font suits that
era however the accent letters also show the horror theme as
they are distorted and degraded like the old house in the
book.

3. The font Black dahlia would be suitable as it looks
dilapidated and suited to the genre of the book it also looks
as though it could be made of twigs/roots and there is a
scene in the book where the main character sees the
woman in the woods
This font would be good as it is
degraded like the house and also
represents the horror genre well.
The font Knife fight, would be suitable as it has harsh
edges with prominent points and spatter as if it were a
sharp blade and blood which would show the violent
nature of the book in that the woman kills children.

4. This font is very similar to ‘oh no’ as it also has
spatters, a messy look and looks hand drawn,
therefore it could also reference the part of the
book where the main character finds messy
writing beneath the wallpaper of the house
however I think this font looks sharper than the
other one so possibly representing the violence
of the woman killing the children as well
This font looks a lot like ‘knife fight’ in
that it was sharp edges and bold
straight stokes, however it lacks the
spatter/drips. This font also looks like
it has tree branches/roots so like
‘Black dahlia’ could represent the
forest scene.
I think that this text
would be appropriate
for the book as it looks
as though it would
have been written in
blood which suits the
horror genre, it also
has harsh, straight
lines which contribute
to it’s horror theme.

10. I decided to try a lot of different typefaces with this
cover to see which worked best, I chose the Dirty and
classic typeface because The font would be suitable as
the book is set in approximately 1916 and the classic
style of the font suits that era however the accent
letters also show the horror theme as they are
distorted and degraded like the old house in the book.
To make this cover I sketched
the lines for the silhouettes
of the children then I used to
Photoshop to select the parts
I kept blank then inversed the
selection and used a black to
transparent gradient on it. To
make the woman I put the
sketch on illustrator and used
image trace then changed
the colour fill to black but
with a lower opacity where
the veil is
I thought this cover would
be good as it shows the
woman and the children she
kills silhouettes in the
background which is the
main theme of the book and
I then put the name of the
book on in Dirty and classic
and changed the character
setting to make it look nicer

11. To make this cover I took
a picture of a doll then
used Photoshop to trace
around the outlines with
the paintbrush tool then
used the magic wand
tool to select outside the
lines then inversed the
selected then filled it in
with black, then drew
the face in white
I then used Illustrator to
make a clipping mask of
the silhouette with text
from the book and
wrote the title and
author name with the
font Dirty and classic, I
also changed the
character settings to
make it fit & look better
I thought it would be a good idea to use a doll
for this cover as the book is a lot about children
and the doll I used wears Victorian style clothing
which is similar to what the people In the book
wore. I used text to make the image of the doll as
I think it fits the typography theme well

12. I thought this cover would suit the book as there is a
scene where the main character pulls wallpaper off the
walls and there is writing underneath so this is similar to
that scene