Of course, we all do judge a book by its cover – what kind of designer would refuse to pay attention to the carefully crafted ...

Characters are central to manga storytelling and are often the highlight of the cover. Ensure the protagonist is depicted ...

How the smaller world of book cover design fares within this environment isn ... the various ways in which art direction, design and typography can introduce readers to a particular book have been ...

encompassing everything from typography to illustration. Indeed, many of the best book covers rival the best print ads when it comes to design ingenuity. We may only be a couple of months into ...

Another passion was book cover design, and Baines published the definitive guide ... From 1991 onwards, he led the typography department. Professionally, his work rose to prominence in the 1990s ...