The Project

The author contacted me because she wanted to self-publish her book of poetry. Poetry always presents its own problems because there are so many different sorts of forms and sometimes dangling words. Luckily, the author had fairly straightforward poetry verses that didn’t require any super special formatting.

The biggest problem for me was trying to figure out a timeless font that worked well with the cover of her book, which to me, evoked a timeless ethereal feel. On top of that, I needed to figure out a good balance between a size that might look too big or too small on paper. After some trial and error, I think I was able to capture the right balance so that most of the poems stay on one page.