A Is For Amanda, or Adulterer, Depending On Whom You Ask

For my fourth project I was asked to choose a book from a list provided by my professor and design a book cover for the chosen title. As I was skimming through the list of suggested book titles, The Scarlet Letter immediately stood out. I'm not much of an illustrator; so when I saw the title, I thought about how I could use the significance of the scarlet “A” through an exploration of typography. I also thought with the right usage of typography, my cover could be fairly simplistic, which seems to be a graphic style I'm drawn to.

In choosing the font for the book title, I wanted something classic and in all caps so the “A” in the word “Scarlet” could be capitalized as well. It didn't take long to decide to go with Trajan Pro. I also wanted the “A” to stand out, both by making the font color scarlet and by using a script font. I chose the font Alex Brush, a script font I found on fontsquirrel.com a few months ago. The last change I made (thanks to my professor’s advice) was creating a stitched effect on the giant “A” on the cover. I found a great tutorial on abduzeedo.com, and the rest is history.