Suitable Fontstyle

[Generik0]

I felt unsatisfied with my current font for my upcoming story.

Either way, I'm not an expert in graphic design (since this cover took little to no effort) but I wanted to hear recommended font styles that might be better than my choice.

Thanks!

Also this a story set in Edo Japan.

 

[TotallyHuman]

I think it suits well enough

 

[Deleted member 49654]

Spoiler

You can try something with a caligraphy feel to it. I think it will fit well with the shadowy samurai on the cover.

 

[Millarca]

Are you writing a horror novel with a homicidal samurai as the MC? It's perfect.

 

[Generik0]

Are you writing a horror novel with a homicidal samurai as the MC? It's perfect.

Not really it's more of a burning man wreaking havoc in Edo Japan. Also, the reason why I put that smoky effect.

 

[Ruyi]

i like your font, but i do think it's way, waaay too big in your original design for the cover, hmm. what if you concentrated it all on the bottom of the picture and put your author name on top to balance it out, for example?

 

[BubbleC]

The font's good, but I think you should center the moon and figure in the background more. Right now it's a little too far to the left in my opinion.
Also, I'm no expert on typography, but you might want to play around with the font size and the placement of the words on the page so it looks more visually appealing.

 

[Generik0]

Like this?

 

[Ruyi]

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Like this?

hmmm...is there some way to differentiate the "ground" from the "horizon?" even if it's a subtler shade of black

right now it sort of feels like your warrior dude is floating in space

 

[BubbleC]

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Like this?

It's centered well, but I think the author's name is a bit awkwardly placed. There's no need to tilt it so far and to place it so far into the left corner. Just putting it above the moon to balance out the composition of the cover would be fine.

You can think of objects you place on the page as weights; too many condensed on one side without a counteracting force often makes an image appear imbalanced or awkward. This doesn't mean your images have to be perfectly symmetrical, but adding some small text such as your name to balance out the title out the bottom may be good.

You may want to increase the brightness of the text since the moon's brightness somewhat drowns out the text and doesn't make it stand out much.

(Again, I'm not good with typography at all, so I can't provide much advice for the word placement besides that. Take what I say with a grain of salt).

 

[High-in-the-skys]

Modified this as a practice
I don't think what I did was complete but appreciate if you could rate it...

 

[Generik0]

Modified this as a practice
I don't think what I did was complete but appreciate it if you could rate it...
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It's alright

Although I don't prefer the glowing text.
I like the lighting you made on the moon though.

Either way, I already made another one but I can't somehow upload it.

 

[OpenGL]

Either way, I already made another one but I can't somehow upload it.

Maybe the resolution is too high, try reducing it.

 

[Generik0]

 

[Agentt]

Will await the new novel o7