Search Results by tag: Typography

Illustrator Lola Landekic on designing Lynn Crosbie’s Cobain–inspired book cover

Lynn Crosbie’s new novel, Where Did You Sleep Last Night (House of Anansi Press), follows 16-year-old Evelyn Gray, whose love for Kurt Cobain is so strong, she brings the iconic ’90s musician back to life. ... Read More »

May 4, 2015 | Filed under: Book culture

Gaspereau Press’s Andrew Steeves on publishing and typography

By Q&Q Staff

Gaspereau Press editor and print master Andrew Steeves shares ideas from his new essay collection on publishing and typography The name Gaspereau Press is synonymous with beautiful Smyth-sewn books and letterpress-printed jackets that still reflect ... Read More »

December 16, 2014 | Filed under: Digital publishing and technology, People

Book covers of the year 2011

By Q&Q Staff

When choosing covers of the year, the book designers Q&Q polled considered art, typography, layout, and meaning in their decisions. Allison Baggio's Girl in Shades, Johanna Skibsrud's This Will Be Difficult To Explain and Other ... Read More »

December 2, 2011 | Filed under: Book news, Books of the Year

Cover to cover: Caitlin Sweet’s The Pattern Scars

By Sue Carter

From the July/August 2011 issue of Q&Q: Designer Erik Mohr explains how he drew on classic imagery and geometric motifs to achieve the proper vision for Caitlin Sweet's forthcoming novel The Pattern Scars (ChiZine Publications). ... Read More »

June 28, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Cover to Cover: Gil Adamson’s Ashland

By Sue Carter

From the April 2011 issue of Q&Q: Designer David Gee explains the steps involved in redesigning a Southern Gothic-reflected cover for a new edition of Gil Adamson's poetry collection Ashland (ECW Press). ECW Press approached ... Read More »

March 10, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Students prefer print for look, feel, and font

By Natalie Samson

Two recent studies shed some light as to why e-books haven't caught on with students “ they don't feel right, and they make the work too easy. Earlier this month, the Book Industry Study Group ... Read More »

January 18, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Bookmarks: historical vampires, Nabokov’s last work, and forgotten Pulitzers

By Eric Emin Wood

Sundry links from around the Web: The New York Times looks at established authors who write well into old age. The co-author of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies announces his next book: Abraham Lincoln, vampire hunter. ... Read More »

April 20, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Bookmarks: J.K. Rowling’s latest tome

By Stuart Woods

Beedlemania: J.K. Rowling's first post-Potter title hits stores. (The Guardian's Alison Flood live blogs it here) Sam Leith, the venerable literary editor at The Telegraph, is informed of his redundancy Just add water? Viking unleashes ... Read More »

December 5, 2008 | Filed under: Book links

The story of &

By Jacob Sheen

In recent weeks, the font nerds over at Hoefler & Frere-Jones have taken readers on an exciting adventure in kerning and answered their burning questions about the origins of the pilcrow. This week, they recount ... Read More »

April 29, 2008 | Filed under: Book news

Twenty-five years of The Snowman

By Nathan Whitlock

The film adaptation of Raymond Briggs' The Snowman is almost as inescapable at this time of year as Rudolph and Charlie Brown and the Grinch. This year marks the 25th anniversary of the wordless and ... Read More »

December 19, 2007 | Filed under: Authors

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