As I was happy with how my illustrations and children’s book was coming along I decided to have an experiment with typography to see how I could incorporate it into the design while making it readable for the audience and in-keeping with the aesthetic.
The obvious style for this page was to have it as a black type face to blend in with the background, placed against the blue so that it would still be easily readable. Initially I thought that a sans-serif typography would be most appropriate for the target demographic because of the readability and conventions of a children’s book. However, as denoted above, I went with a different approach with this and decided to use a hand-written type. I loved how this blended into the surroundings, almost seeming like vines yet still being readable.
However, this could be hard for the young audience as they are still learning and it isn’t the clearest to read. Yet, if it was the parents reading this to them they would easily be able to read it too as the juxtaposition of colours allows a bold contrast for the words. My favourite element is how it blends into the scenery instead of standing out too much, and I think it works as a whole; but to make sure it is appropriate I am going to gain feedback to see if it is easily readable.
Because it worked so well on the other page I decided to go back to this page and see how the typography would work here. I do like how it looks and works with the other components, but because every page isn’t going to feature a lot of black I need to find another typography that will work just as well. I’m going to stay down the route of a sans-serif because this is the best for the demographic in order for it to be readable to them, as well as it aesthetically suiting the style of illustration.