Monday, June 24, 2013

Re: Great Book, Disappointing Cover

I was pretty disappointed with the cover of Turtle Recall: The Discworld Companion...so far.


I'm disappointed not by Paul Kidby's art-- he's probably the finest Discworld artist there is-- but with the title font. That uneven slab serif looks like a generic "comedy" font to me, and it's just lazy. There's no subtlety or nuance. I very much doubt that Pratchett, Briggs or Kidby had any input into the cover design after the painting was completed.