Throughout The Career Code, 8 colors are used: black, white, bright red, bright yellow, light blue, light pink, light purple, and touches of bright orange. As such, the book is colorful with a mix of brights and pastels. The format pattern… Continue Reading
In The Career Code, the only images apart from the cover are infographics. The artistic style of the infographics remains consistent, predominantly using boxes and circles to frame information. In some cases, like for an example email and example resume below,… Continue Reading
Furniture Dingbat Glyphs: The tiny dingbat glyphs used in several places throughout the book give it a cutesy feel, while also adding visual cues for the reader to understand the content quicker. 2. Checklists: Many checklists throughout the book, usually… Continue Reading
Typography The typeface used throughout the entire book is Avenir. In headlines, it is often a heavier version, while the body copy uses the standard version. In the book’s title and in each section that says “Code #X,” all caps… Continue Reading
Cover: The purpose of The Career Code‘s cover is to entice the reader to want to learn more about how to have a successful career. The only image used on the cover is of a hand holding a business card, which has… Continue Reading
For this exercise, I’ve chosen two books to look at, both of which are relevant to my own book project in content, audience, and/or style. The first book is SHE: muses, visionaries and madcap heroines, a coffee table book (with both… Continue Reading
As someone who came into this class with weeks of prior thought about my book design, the advice I most need to take to heart is to revise, edit, and rethink my work. Because I’ve been planning to create my… Continue Reading