Typeface (Forgot to add earlier!)

Something That i forgot to cover within my iBook was the typeface and fonts I decided to choose. In my iBook I wanted to use a couple of fonts, one representing the title of the book, another for the headings in my iBook and then my main body text. Because my iBook visual style and the way i designed it was quite simple with the use of flat design and colours I didn't really want to use boring fonts or overwhelming fonts.

Firstly for my main font for the title of the book i wanted to use a san serif font because I didn't want to make the iBook feel or look formal as this iBook is supposed to be targeted at a younger audience i.e. students, so I wanted to make informal and looking exciting. The type of font I wanted was a distorted font which compliments the whole topic of earthquakes and fits in well with that topic. I looked over the internet and found I font called 'Earthshake' on Dafont.

Fig 1 - 'Earthshake' font 

Link: http://www.dafont.com/earthshake.font

As you can see above is the font 'Earthshake' and I went for this font as my main title font because it looks destructive and has that essence of something is destroyed or damaged and to me looked very much like an earthquake type of font. I experimented with it when making my front cover of my iBook and this is what the font looked like on the title page below.

Fig 2 - iBook front cover

Above is the front cover i made for my iBook and I am very pleased with the style of it and the overall look of the cover and I would expect if someone saw this on the iBooks store it would catch their attention and make a good impression on who would look at it. With the front I used it for the title of the front cover and split the word up in two and placed 'Earth' above and 'Quake' below as if they are resting between the two plates under the earth, and I think that this works really well as it relates a lot to earthquakes and the tectonic plates and visually looks simply but engaging and the text of the title is visually engaging and relates to the topic of the iBook.

For my other fonts the body text I decided to use 'Helvetica' because its one of the most common and readable font types and isn't too overwhelming or out of place which is the reason why I chose that font type for my main body text in my iBook. As for the headings of my iBook I decided that again I wanted to use a san serif and I wanted to use a more simplistic font type that worked with my visual style of my iBook. For my presentation I did on this topic I already used a font type I had and it was called 'Mari&David' and when I was thinking of fonts to use for the headings of my iBook this font sprang to mind as its very simplistic and is a san serif and could potentially work well with my style of my iBook.

             Fig 3 - 'Mari&David' font                                          Fig 4 - Example of iBook with font 

Link: http://www.dafont.com/mari-david.font

Here above in Fig 3 is what the font looks like that I decided to use for my headings in my iBook for earthquakes. The appearance of the font is quite simplistic and not too overwhelming and are a couple reasons why I decided to choose this font for my headings in my iBook. The bold version of the font stands out and is noticeable and would help to indicate what each page of mine are etc. The font almost looks handwritten and in a sense quite scruffy because it looks handwritten, so it kinda relates to the theme of earthquakes because create mess and make areas look messy and scruffy so this font works well with the topic and my visual style.

Overall I'm happy with my font choices and create a great impact for my iBook which works well with the visual style and topic of my iBook of earthquakes. My main font has a great feel and look of earthquakes and my headings create a simplistic and visually appealing look which helps to make my iBook look structured and not overwhelming or too messy and dramatic on each of the pages.