Appreauntis Posted November 19, 2017 Report Share Posted November 19, 2017 Hi, I was wondering if anyone knows why exactly the font for the title on the cover changed, I was rather fond of it before. Also the format is different too. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ammanas Posted November 19, 2017 Report Share Posted November 19, 2017 (edited) From Brandon Sanderson: u/mistborn • Sep 29, 2017, 2:19 PM We were getting a lot of feedback that the old fond looked...gimmicky and outdated. The publisher came to us and suggested a change, I believe, but we'd been talking about it in house here too. The more we looked at the new book with the old font, the more we agreed. Somehow, it worked for TWOK but just didn't for Oathbringer. I realized that some would like the old font, but gave the go ahead to change anyway. At some point, a font that drew that much attention to itself was going to become a millstone around our necks. We decided to change sooner rather than being dissatisfied for years. (Sorry.) From Peter: So, this was a matter of much internal discussion between Dragonsteel and Tor. It basically comes down to legibility. The old font is just not very legible. If you don't already know what it says, you have to stop for a few seconds to figure out what it says. If you're looking from a distance, Words of Radiance looks sort of like Wobos of Bhoihnce. After Tor spent some time tweaking the letter shapes on Oathbringer to try to make it more legible, and really didn't get anywhere (it kept ending up looking basically the same), they floated the idea of just doing a redesign. We at Dragonsteel agreed this was the best time to do that if it was going to be done. They tried quite a few different fonts, and the one they ended up with was one they had actually proposed to use for Brandon's name. We said keep Brandon's name the same, but try that font on the title. It's not just a standard like Times New Roman; the shapes of the letters have interesting little touches with the serifs and whatnot. No, it's not an "awesome" font like was used previously, but it's a lot more legible for books sitting on the shelf and possibly catching someone's eye when they're walking past. https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.reddit.com/r/brandonsanderson/comments/739dni/new_title_font_for_stormlight_archive/ Edited November 19, 2017 by Ammanas 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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