For all you people who need to learn that you should NEVER use Zapfino or Limelight. Tutorials, fonts, and what you, should never do to fonts.
*This is my original idea, but if you know any other books like this, please tell me*
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This week, I decided to give all of you some basic cover tips to (generally) clean up your covers! I also couldn't think of too many tips, so I only did five (sorry!). 5)EdgesareEW(theEErule) Basically, the above means that you shouldn't place your text too close to the edge of the cover as that doesn't look good. For all of you who worry that the text may be too small and not visible, I can make my text REALLY tiny and you can still clearly read it. Example below. Notice how the cover on the right is still legible and looks a little cleaner.
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4)CursiveOnce,butNOCursiveTwice(CONCT) My rule of thumb is that if you have a cursive font on a cover, you should balance it out with a serif or san-serif font. Of course, this is not always true.
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3)TwoTimesistheCharm(TTC) Only two fonts per cover! Anymore and you could cause a messy explosion. Of course, there are exception with certain edits/banners.
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And exception...(but this is basically like typography)
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2)TheDeathRainbow Okay, if you MUST MUST MUST have 3 or more fonts, at least follow this rule...don't put more than two colors for the fonts. If you have a red font over here, a grey over there, a blue of there, it might end up clashing and looking messy. Of course, of you can do it correctly, gradients are fine. Again, there is an exception to the rule if you can find a proper time and color theme.
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1)BoldFontsLOVEYou(TheLawofBold) If you think everything is too thin on your cover, you probably need a bold font, just saying. Depending on the scenario, bold fonts can save your cover! Okay, now I'm beginning to sound insane soooooo....bye.
If any of you guys have thoughts, different ideas, let me know in the comments below!
