Category: Book Cover
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First Idea
I don’t like the way the image looks. The background of the image does not fit into the idea I have in my head. Ammonite image from: http://www.squidoo.com/ammonite-pendants-madagascar
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Iridescent Ammonite Fossil
I have done some research and I have found out that the ammonite fossil is native to the UK, as well as other places, so I am going to use an image of one for my cover. Here is the image I am going to use. http://www.squidoo.com/ammonite-pendants-madagascar There is some information about the picture on…
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Getting the Penguin Logo and a Barcode
Here is the website where i got an eps file of the penguin logo. http://pressoffice.penguin.co.uk/static/pressofficelogos/index.html Here is the website where I got a barcode from. I’ve checked the resolution and it is 300 dpi.
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Making a template in Illustrator
I measured my book and the measurements are: Length: 270mm or 27cm Width: 197mm or 19.7cm Spine: 14mm or 1.4cm Using a calculator I worked out the centre point by dividing 270 by 2. Then I drew a line using the line segment tool and positioned it in the middle of the document using the…
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Looking at book covers
Really bright and eye-catching image on the front. The typeface used is a serif which looks appropriate. I notice the detail on the arm (http://www.typographydeconstructed.com/arm/) of the upper-case T. I think it has a beak (http://www.typographydeconstructed.com/beak/). This type has hair lines. The ‘hairline is the thinnest stroke found in a specific typeface that consists of strokes of varying widths’. http://www.typographydeconstructed.com/hairline/…