Cookbook

Type in a supporting role

The Brief

Create a cookbook cover based on your own photography. Combine the imagery with type choices that help convey the book’s personality.

Trim Size

7.5 × 10 inches (190 × 254 mm)

Learning Points

  • Staging a front cover photo shoot

  • Choosing complementary type

Tools

InDesign, Photoshop, camera

Fonts Used

Lato

Inspiration

pin.it/4VoGFsx

People buy fewer and fewer books of fiction each year, but interestingly, cookbooks are more popular than ever. Is that because everybody likes food, and a good, handy book for preparing it is just essential? Maybe. Or maybe the people who design cookbooks understand the power of typography.

The intention for this cover is to design something bold, clean, fresh, and colorful ...

Get The Type Project Book: Typographic projects to sharpen your creative skills & diversify your portfolio now with the O’Reilly learning platform.

O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.

Start your free trial