Text – I looked at the children’s picture books I was using for this unit and went back over and read them, to look at the text, the level of understanding, the simplicity and the gapping, kerning, tracking, baseline, size and leading. They were all very clear and simple in style, the way you read them was probably with a parent or grand parent, I wouldn’t have thought many young children would be able to read at this level yet on their own. This made it easier to then think about the font instead to make that look easy to read and also fun. The Yawnicorn had a very fun font, it was like a crayon style, which I think the children would find fun and also familiar.
Font – I had a look at the fonts available on Photoshop and Illustrator,I tried a few on the pages in the book, but they all looked a bit boring, although clear and easy to read, hoe could I get both to work!?
I then looked at some templates and assets on Canvas and other similar sites. I found I came back to the iPad and Procreate and scrolled back through these from when I first did the text at the beginning.
I tried out 7 of the fonts in the new colour that I would be using, this helped me to pick the one I went with in the end. I chose to try:-
Marker Felt, Noteworthy, Smiley Sans, Jack Armstrong, Chalkduster, Chalkboard SE and Bradley Hand. They all had a clear, easy to read, yet with a slight fun edge. I especially liked Chalkduster as this had a child like crayon/ chalk feel to it, but it felt too similar to ‘The Yawnicorn’, so I picked Chalkboard SE, this was better as I feel it had a rounder style, more friendly and a slightly younger feel to it, which will suit my book better. I am pleased with how it looks and how it has turned out.
The one I chose was second from the bottom.
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