Happy Tuesday, y’all! This week, Jana, over at That Artsy Reader Girl, is asking us to share books with handwriting on the cover. I decided to focus not just on fonts that look like handwriting, but on those with eye-catching typography. While we aren’t supposed to judge a book by its cover, we all do, and the font choice is often the top thing that draws our attention.
So what is typography? According to Merriam-Webster, typography is the style, arrangement, or appearance of typeset matter. What does that mean? It means the letters’ appearance is eye-catching and visually appealing.
Now, let’s look at book covers with eye-catching typography!
Romances
Out on a Limb by Hannah Bonam-Young
Much Ado about Nada by Uzma Jalaluddin
The Matzah Ball by Jean Meltzer
Contemporaries
The Accidental Further Adventures of the 100-Year-Old Man by Jonas Jonasson
The Ex-Boyfriend’s Favorite Recipe Funeral Committee by Saki Kawashiro
The Borrowed Life of Frederick Fife by Anna Johnston
Mysteries
Postern of Fate by Agatha Christie
Dead Weight by Hildur Knútsdóttir
Death at the Door by Olivia Blacke
Nonfiction
Future Boy by Michael J. Fox & Nelle Forenberry
From the Rez to the Runway by Christian Allaire
The Secret Lives of Booksellers & Librarians by James Patterson & Matt Eversmann
Young Adult
That’s 15 book covers with eye-catching typography! Do you agree that these covers have eye-catching typography? Have you read any of these? What books have you read with eye-catching typography?
Are you looking for some more books to read? Check out my other bookish lists, book reviews, and monthly reading wrap-ups.
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These are great. Future Bou especially really fits!