Now that I have an idea for the concept I can properly look into layout considerations.
Concept: Simple, Minimalist, Refined. For easy viewing and reading.
Book Title:
I would like a title that reflects the simple and refined concept that i am going for whilst accurately reflecting what the book is about.
Potential ideas:
Type
Type in movies
Scenes and type
Type in context - Movie scenes
Type//Scenes
Scenes - Type in context
I then proceeded to mock each of these options up and i found that scenes - type in context was the collective favourite after getting feedback from my friends and peers, as i had preferred this option too I had added in uppercase and lower case combinations, the one that was chosen was "scenes" in uppercase with "type in context in lower case"
Typefaces:
Again, I would like the typeface to reflect the refined nature of the publication and this could encompass sans and serif typefaces.
Type options:
Garamond
Futura
Avenir
Univers
Helvetica
Edition
TT Moons
Day Roman
Zniknoit
I have narrowed down my choices to a number of typefaces because I feel like the representative of my chosen theme, They are slim bodied typefaces ans the serif fonts are simple, refined and are not comprised of fussy serifs, ascender's or descender's. I like the slim bodied typefaces the most as the simple nature if them represent the refined theme in the sense that less is more.
The justification behind my chose to go for a simple, minimalist and refined design as far as the design elements are concerned is because i feel that minimalism infers design as the decision to add less, in turn, adds more. This goes hand in hand with the content of my book as i am planning to keep the layout and text simple as to infer the link between the scene and environment to ensure reader engagement.
Kerning:
As with everything else, I have experimented with various kernings ranging from tight to standard to loose options. Again i presented this to my friends and peers and asked them to choose which one they felt represented the theme of the book and looked the best.
Collectively a looser kerning was the favourite because it looks more "designed".
Body Text:
For this I have no real preference as long as it is legible and the header text doesn't contrast with the body text. When doing research about type pairings I found that most clashes come from pairing sans serif with sans serif or serif with serif, so usually a sans serif and serif typeface compliment each other quite well.
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