Wednesday, 21 March 2012

Fonts for digipak

Through my research of digipaks/album covers, it's clear that the same text font is conventionally used throughout as well as the artist/bands name is conventionally the biggest text on the page and has a font that will be recognisable to their target audience, as it will be the same font used throughout the artists websites and advertising. Therefore, I think it is important that the text reflects my artists image in the sense it fits in with the genre (for example, certain fonts have been made to have a Gothic edge which is normally very noticeable. So, I have collected a few images of fonts that I would like to experiment/maybe use for my digipak for the album name (Wounds) or the artist name (which is undecided as of yet).


I really liked this font because I thought it was different in terms of the fact I had never seen it on a album cover before. Although, I think for the look I am trying to achieve this font may be too over the top and may complicate my cover, and therefore not achieving the look I intially want to create.


I really like this font because it's bold and simple yet a little bit different. Also, I personally don't think it reflects a certain style, which is a bonus as I think the photography should speak a lot more (for my artist). Therefore, I would like to experiment with this font on my album cover because I think it might be successful in terms of working well with my simple images I intend to use. Furthermore, I think it would fit with my genre as it's not overly complicated.


I liked this because I thought it was old-fashioned yet modernised because the original calligraphy style has been altered. Although, I don't think it's quite right for the type of look I am trying to achieve due to it looking maybe slightly too vintage and "girly".


This font caught my attention in terms fo how it came across as quite "rock" genre associated due to the untidy scribbles, although I think it's too complicated and maybe slightly too young for my album cover.


I really liked this font because it's simple and doesn't seem to be attached to a certain style/genre. Therefore I would really like to experiment with this font and see whether it would be worth using.


I recognsied straight away that this font has been used for many things such as horror films and a lot of investigation documentries on TV. I liked it because it sets up a dark mysterious image, although I don't think it would be suitable for an album cover due to where it has been previously used and the type of media it is associated with.
                                                    
I really liked this font as I thought although it was quite "girly" and feminine it would still work with my cover as it would balance out the Gothic edge that my photos seem to show.


Very similar to the text above but a lot more simple and less "girly" meaning it would complicate the cover less and probably stand out a lot more therefore I plan to experiment with this too.


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