A Skeleton in the (Large Type) Closet


Here’s a tale of three different versions of a cover. Version one, a hardcover recently spied on the bargain list:

skeleton-hc.jpg

Version two, the paperback:

skeleton-pb.jpg

I like both — good examples of a great photo working together with text. So why, then, the large type edition?

skeletons-lt.jpg

Yuk.


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Posted by Giles, Friday, August 4, 2006, at 11:20 AM.
Posted to Book design

Comments:

Haha! Literally “rolling on floor laughing”… That’s just pathetic…

Someone should delete Comic Sans from that designers computer before he uses that to set a book…

Arnor , August 4, 2006 12:30 PM (#)

Wow. Just because people are vision impaired doesn’t mean you should visually assault them.

Gave me an idea for the braille edition, though. Embossed type on 200 grit sandpaper. Bad for shelves, but good for a chuckle.

Dystopos , August 7, 2006 11:10 AM (#)

I really like the hardcover version. It has that very classic, “I can keep this on my shelf for years” feel to it.

But the large type edition? What the crap?

Ben , August 7, 2006 1:09 PM (#)

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