Saturday 26 January 2013

Favourite TYPE of Music?

For an illustration book I am currently working on, I am taking a series of my favourite Metallica songs and creating a storyline from the lyrics, and illustrating the story. But as such, I needed to come up with a typeface that would adequately represent the sinister tone that most Metallica songs seem to be imbued with. This is what I came up with:

This font is called ladanse-but I particularly think it reflects the song captioned for a few reasons:

1. It is handwritten-I find handwritten fonts are ones that have a more human feel to them, and can convey the emotions of the "writer"
2. The scrawled quill and ink appearance of this typeface gives it the appearance of an old-time sailor or scientist, which directly relates to the lyrics:
"Hybrid children watch the sea, pray for father roaming free"
3. The higher ascenders and irregularity in the weight of the font shows a sense of urgency-as if the person writing it is afraid or in impending danger.