A Study In Scarlet

A Study in Scarlet has a cover that is interesting on both the front cover, and the back. The front cover has a very cool typographical image that portrays a fingerprint. This image is not made from one line of text or just one word, but it actually contains many different words and is split apart to create a better shape. The different words have to do with the story and of Sherlock Holmes. Within the fingerprint are a few key words like the title and the author's name. These key words are found in bright orange and help to distinguish which words are important or not. This is a really simple and eye pleasing use of typographical hierarchy. On the back of the book is a small synopsis in grey and a slightly larger quote about the book in the same orange as the cover. I really like this idea of having the quote in the same color as the title and author's name because it shows that the quote is also very important to the book. The back also has a fingerprint in the design, but this is just an illustration, not typographical. On the spine of the book is the title, author name, and publisher's logo. I like the way the spine is aligned because when the book stands up you see the title first, but when the book is laying down you read the author's name first. This means that both the title and author get their recognition while the logo is still really recognizable. I think this is a very well done cover and I very much like the idea of making a design out of grey text, but making key words stand out with a brighter color. I already own a copy of this book, but I would possibly buy this copy just for the look and design.