Classics Series | book cover design & typesetting
For this project, I designed typographic covers for a novel and a play that could exist as a series. I decided to work with the play Oedipus King of Thebes by Sophocles and the novel Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë, and I was interested in the idea of crossroads that I found in both works. This idea inspired my treatment of the text on the covers, and the addition of color to my design was based on the work of Theo van Doesburg.
I went on to design a cover for the novel The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien that could also belong in this series.
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In addition to designing covers, I was tasked with typesetting Jane Eyre and Oedipus King of Thebes. I chose to typeset both works in Bulmer, an oldstyle, historical typeface that represented these classics. My use of font styles within the pages spoke to each narrative - using primarily small caps for Oedipus King of Thebes and italics for Jane Eyre.
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View the front matter and first pages of Oedipus King of Thebes with the interactive prototype to the left.
* Simply click on the blue bar to the right or left of each spread to navigate through the play.
View the front matter and first chapter of Jane Eyre with the interactive prototype to the right.
* Simply click on the blue bar to the right or left of each spread to navigate through the novel.
page cover mockup by: Free-PSD-Templates.com
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