Typography in Handmade Books

To look into typography in handmade books, I looked at examples. There were a variety, where some had printed the type, and some had done it by hand. It depended on the time it was made, and what content there was. The printed fonts were more professional and modern, whereas the handwritten fonts were artistic or even very old.

So I looked into hand-drawn type on Pinterest and came across some interesting ones. I made this mood-board here, and I even drew some myself. These fonts looked really cool and interesting, as they can be more artistic than letters, which I like. It also shows you, you can incorporate banners and objects into font to create an even more hand-drawn/made look.

I drew some out in my sketchbook, and some I really like (like a melting E) and some didn't work out too well (like the big fail of an F). This helped me to realise I wanted to develop in hand-drawn type, which lead me to my next idea...

I looked further into hand-drawn type but in a more creative way. There are examples of typography where you produce the text using objects. Here are some examples.

I liked this idea as it was unique, and I could always come up with something linked to my content. Thinking about this I thought it could be good if I could use match sticks or ash (probably not ash) to create my own typography.

I wanted to keep my font simplistic as I'm not including many words (only The Little Match-Seller, or something like 'see through new eyes'). Either that, or I could use my fanciest handwriting as the story was created by a poet in the 1800's.