From the course: Designing a Book Cover

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Using the gradient and transparency effects

Using the gradient and transparency effects

From the course: Designing a Book Cover

Using the gradient and transparency effects

In this the third of our series of book covers, book covers by George Orwell, using the first of our approaches, which is what we are referring to as the big book look with a big title and big author name, we are going to see some simple affects to create this rather sinister looking typographic solution that befits the content of the book, Nineteen Eighty-Four, which is all about a totalitarian state and if are not familiar with it, I suggest maybe going and having a quick look on Wikipedia for a quick plot synopsis. We are going to start out with just plain type in a plain box on a plain background and then try and get something like this. I am just going to turn on my pasteboard for a moment and you will see that I was experimenting with different typefaces for the title, which I have chosen to put numerically, as opposed writing it out in words, which is another option. Both titles are viable. So it took a while before I hit upon this solution, which is a Helvetica Ultra…

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