Typeface Possibilities for Digi-Pack

The website 'dafont.com' allows the download of many different typefaces and being able to put in your own personalised text. I have utilised this resource and have selected several examples which are a major inspiration as to the style which i shall use for my own personal digi-pack. These are posted below:

The reason why this font could work well is because this font stands out and is bold on the page however there is a slight hint of irony in this typeface because the bands name is called 'The Upgrade' and when you upgrade something it becomes newer and more modern however this font looks worn and old. This could suggest the band aren't newcomers and have much experience going into the difficult industry of music.

This font also have the same sense as being worn. I thought this would give the album cover a nice authentic feel. Also this font is recognised as the famous typewriter style of shapes of letter. This relates effectively to the genre because an era when typewriter was popular was during the Second World War when Britain was an incredibly industrial country. The typewriter was invented in 1829 by William Austin Burt however the design was not perfected until 1867 by Christopher Latham Sholes.

Thirdly, this font stands out boldly off the page which can be an important attribute to have on a CD cover because in a popular CD shop it has to be eye catching so people will pick it up and, if they like the look of it, purchase it. An example of a shop like this is the franchise of 'HMV'.

This font has the same theory behind it however it is more subtle than the one above due to it being lower case and slightly thinner letters. Out of the 3rd and 4th font posted (comparing simply due to their similarities) I think that the 3rd font would be more appropriate because it has a stronger and more powerful feel about it which is the message that panel 1 of the CD case is trying to put across.

The font above also has the same worn down look as fonts 1 and 2 however this typeface reminds me of a stone age look. This is due to there being no spaces in the letters and they are just blocks of colour (i.e. there is no gap in the 'loop' of the 'P'). Also the scratches and scars give it an aged and beaten look.

This font follows the pattern of also being in nearly block letters with hardly any spaces however this font has a clean and contemporary look. My only fear however is that this would not fit into the genre of 'metal' because it looks too clean and plain.

This lettering is interesting because this is most famously known and recognised for being used in war propaganda but specifically in propaganda for the Russian Revolution in 1917 and it was also part of the First World War. An artist nowadays who has used this style on an album cover is the band 'Franz Ferdinand', (Franz Ferdinand, 18 December 1863 – 28 June 1914, was also the Archduke of Austria-Este). Below is an image of the cover of their album 'You Can Have It So Much Better ' released in 2004 and has sold 3.6 million of this album in particular.  

This album cover is actually an inter-textual reference to another image. A man named Rodchenko created this image in 1924. It pictures Lilya Brik shouting the word 'books'. The image Franz Ferdinand has taken and utilised is posted below.

Finally this font has a very work and rough look to it. Again I thought this could bring a certain tone of irony since when you upgrade something it becomes newer however this typeface has an incredibly rough look to it.

I am still in the process of designing my digi-pack and may not use these fonts depending on how well they fit with Panel 1 of my pack.