Samples of full layout
Final design spread uses a full bleed light eggshell back cover with 3/8 inch wrap of front cover art beyond the spine.
More spacious back cover text: 12 pt Myriad Pro, no drop shadow on the background box and ornamental separator before the editors mention. This one has a top & bottom full bleed and slightly off-white back cover box and near-black text. This version also has custom kerning adjustments on the title text to fix spacing issues with the Trajan Pro font given the vast difference in word sizes. I think it is most readable and pleasing to the eye now, you can see the difference between this and the previous design without this kerning. Also slightly brightened backdrop glow in the central title box.
Slightly smaller back cover font: Myriad pro 11pt, faux bold, no drop shadow on the background box and ornamental separator before the editors mention. This one has a full bleed back cover box.
Slightly smaller back cover font: Myriad pro 11pt, faux bold, no drop shadow on the background box and ornamental separator before the editors mention. This one has a full bleed back cover box top and bottom with left and right box borders, lighter turquoise and near-black text.
Slightly smaller back cover font: Myriad pro 11pt (the next example is 12pt), faux bold, no drop shadow on the background box and ornamental separator before the editors mention.
This is a digital export of the actual print file with first draft of content provided for back cover. I switched to a single background color box since there is kind of a lot of text. Some book designers don’t like the reverse text model (I like as long as font is strong enough). I can show you a version with an off-white background box and dark grey text if you want to see that.
This is a digital export of the actual print file, so this is how it will look. The print file is ready except for back cover text and exact page count. The spine was estimated at 250 page count for the mockup and will be adjusted for actual page count when known. Click image to view in lightbox or pinch to zoom on a mobile device. This sample uses a flow-through design from front-to-back (transparent spine background), reducing chance of misaligned spine at print.
This is a digital export of the actual print file, so this is how it will look. The print file is ready except for back cover text and exact page count. The spine was estimated at 250 page count for the mockup and will be adjusted for actual page count when known. Click image to view in lightbox.
( black border and dotted lines show template and bleeds and will not print )
older mockup with photos & bios since removed
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