Fonts

Choosing the right font is essential to making the CD cover, poster and the rest of the album look professional and fit the genre of the music. For my genre of Indie-psychedelic I wanted to have a font that was simple and didn't make the whole thing look out of place and unprofessional. I wanted the font to fit with the artwork I was trying to achieve which is a abstract and minimalist style of art so a thin font where the kerning is fairly big would make for a professional font for my print production.

Letter Gothic std

The first font I chose is Letter Gothic std. This font is one that was already on word for fonts. The font is a simple yet effective font that has a fairly large kerning in between the letters. This font also not very bold and that is the type of font i am looking for as i don't want the font to distract from and artwork on the print production. The font also has good typography as it looks very appealing on screen and therefore will make the whole production look professional. However this font could be seen as too childish and not fitting the indie genre. The use of the serif font for the indie genre means it could make the font stand out as being out of place and unprofessional.    

The next font i was looking at is called Neon and this font is strong as it would make for a good logo for the band. It has a distinct look with the white borders around it. The font could be used on the poster as well as the CD cover to make a recognisable logo for my band. However the font has very small kerning and this means that the letters are too close together and therefore i feel it makes the font look childish and unprofessional. The font is too bold and would distract from anything else that is on the page.

I also looked at the font Caviar Dreams and i feel like this font had the perfect typography as it can not only be a font that is used but can be turned into a logo that will create a distinct look for the band. The font is a sans serif font which then makes it look more professional as i feel that the indie-psychedelic genre would not have a font that has serifs on it because it would look childish. Also the font has a reasonable kerning to it which will fit the minimalist/abstract style of art i am wanting to achieve in my print production. However this font could be seen as unprofessional because of the letter 'e' which could be too distracting and not fit the genre.