The Friday Face-Off was created by Books by Proxy, where each week bloggers can showcase books with covers centered around a weekly theme. You can visit Lynn’s Books for a list of upcoming themes. Join in the fun each Friday by finding a book whose cover is based on the theme!
This week’s theme: A cover with a standout font.
I found lots of books with cool fonts for this week’s theme, but most of them didn’t have multiple covers, so I couldn’t use them. Luckily, Kings of the Wyld by Nicholas Eames has a standout font on two of the covers I found, so let’s go with it! Take a look:
This is the 2017 Orbit cover (U.S./UK) and the book that made me think this would be a good one for today’s theme. The bold red font does two things, really: It gives you a sense of history, a sort of medieval feel to the story, which is in many ways a traditional fantasy. But the font also has a wild, heavy metal look to it, which fits in perfectly with music vibe of the story.
The 2018 Italian edition has a very different artistic style to it, and even though the font is super boring and plain, I love the artwork. Although I have to admit, this is not how I envisioned these characters, lol.
This 2019 French edition is a great example of an interesting font. It’s really different from the U.S. version but I love it! I also think the depiction of the characters is spot on. You get an idea of the book’s sense of humor but it’s also got that old fashioned fantasy vibe.
So which is my favorite? It’s a toss-up because I love these all for different reasons. But overall, I’ll have to go with the Orbit cover, which is the book I own, and seeing it brings back lots of great reading memories.
The French cover is my favorite because I love the art, I think it gives a great sense of the book.
The Italian one is nice but it kinda looks like it could be the cover of any fantasy book? Doesn’t really highlight what makes this one different.
Hmm… I’ve got to go with the Orbit cover as well but there’s something I love about the Italian edition as well. 🙂
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Hard decision because they’re all good. Um, I’ll go with the French edition because the text is cool with that 3D look.
Priscilla Bettis recently posted…One-Sentence Reviews: My 3rd Quarter 2020 Reads
The first book feels so iconic but the French edition wins for me.
Lynn
I’ll go with the Orbit cover. I love the font, color scheme, and look of the characters. I really need to start this series!
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Much as I love the original Orbit cover, I have to say that the French edition is just as good, particularly in the depiction of the old warriors… 🙂
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Those are all cool but still like the first one the best.
I’m going with cover I own, the first one!
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The Orbit one definitely! The font is cleverly 80s rock bandish and yet still pure fantasy 😀
Orbit cover is unbeatable for me but it was fun to see the others that exist so far! 😮 Thanks for sharing!
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The US/UK cover is my fav. Love the illustration and the font. I think that font really fits the story and stands out most. But I like the stance/body language among the guys on the French cover.