Original Type Project & Book Jacket Design

Brief for Original Type: Conceive, design, and execute an original typeface using one of the universal classic movie monsters from the mid-twentieth century who have become part of pop culture: Dracula, Frankenstein, The Wolf Man, The Creature from the Black Lagoon, The Mummy, or the Bride of Frankenstein. I needed to design a headline using the name of one of the monsters as though I was designing an original type treatment for a book cover or movie poster. In addition it should also reflect a particular literary genre. I could choose from Adventure, Art Deco, Film noir, Romance, Science Fiction, Cyberpunk, Steampunk, Fantasy, Comedy, Crime, Superhero, War, or Western. My choice: Dracula and in a Romance Novel.

Brief for Book Jacket Design: Design a book jacket for the book size. The final book jacket needed to fit the actual book perfectly. The jacket needed to be completed by hand.  All the required information such as author’s name, ISBN number, author’s biography, and reviews were to be included. The design of the book jacket was to include the original type and be consistent with the features of both Dracula and a romance novel.