If you look at the garden gnome that’s upside down, at the top of the cover, he looks like an Ewok, from the hat brim up. Seriously. Or…like Yoda and an Ewok had offspring. Check it.
It’s a great example of how a composition leads the eye in a picture. When we read, we don’t read letter by letter, we read the image the letters create. But the vertical “Return” is too long for the eye to register at one go, so we start “Ret”, but then the eye is redirected by the “of he” (especially since the T is shared) and lead to connect with the T in “Witch”. I’m going to save this one and use it as an example of how not to lead the eye through your image.
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Vertical papyrus. 100% win.
What? It’s a brilliant way of getting around the kerning issue. I’m not even sure if I’m joking or not.
This is the second drought-related Papyrus cover in the past few days. I think it’s Water Gnome’s fault.
Shit, you’re right. The water gnome is missing. Took me a while to figure out that the badge that says “Garth” is really saying “Earth”.
If you look at the garden gnome that’s upside down, at the top of the cover, he looks like an Ewok, from the hat brim up. Seriously. Or…like Yoda and an Ewok had offspring. Check it.
I keep reading the title as “Retch”.
Same here. Really great design.
It’s a great example of how a composition leads the eye in a picture. When we read, we don’t read letter by letter, we read the image the letters create. But the vertical “Return” is too long for the eye to register at one go, so we start “Ret”, but then the eye is redirected by the “of he” (especially since the T is shared) and lead to connect with the T in “Witch”. I’m going to save this one and use it as an example of how not to lead the eye through your image.