For my final book, I decided to change the typefaces that I was using. I originally chose to use Times because it was really legible and was a serifed typeface. I decided to use two different typefaces instead of just the one. For all of my titles, I decided to use Modern No. 20 because it had some of the playfulness that The Wonderful Wizard of Oz needed in a title. I then decided to change the body typeface to Baskerville so that there was a nice paring of the typefaces in terms of the weight of the text itself. Both of these typefaces have their own quirks to them which also added to the overall feel of the story. I also really like that Baskerville lightened up the body text so that it didn't seem so daunting since the dimension of the book is rather large.
The images that I decided to go with are purely graphic. I liked that these images had that childlike feel that the storyline needed, yet they didn't seem to cartoon-like. This made it feel much more mature, yet still playful. The only thing I wish I was able to do is to emboss the cover so that the actual title of the book was on there, but I really like how the cover represented the yellow brick road.
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