Book Jacket
FOUR ISH HOURS: A MEMOIR
'Four ish Hours' is a personal memoir about my trips on the Amtrack from NYC back home to Boston during the years I spent in college.
FOUR ISH HOURS: A MEMOIR
'Four ish Hours' is a personal memoir about my trips on the Amtrack from NYC back home to Boston during the years I spent in college.
GOAL
I wanted to express how something that seems so regimented and serious like the Amtrak train is actually such a funny and unexpected personal experience through type and color choices.
I wanted to express how something that seems so regimented and serious like the Amtrak train is actually such a funny and unexpected personal experience through type and color choices.
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MY PROCESS
One of the challenges was finding the proper balance between handwriting and a systematic typeface. After choosing a direction, another challenge was copywriting the background text to have everything fit properly while keeping the title legible.
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