Title Sketch

Post date: Jan 27, 2012 5:28:41 PM

I've uploaded a tentative sketch for the title lettering of the project. My intent is to find a script that recalls the insular and half-uncial scripts, that is nonetheless modern and easily legible. This script is stable – it has no slant, reminiscent of the standing tree or cross – and still fluid. It lends to small flourishes and can be decorated, but can also fit tightly into a large body of text. As I have drawn it here, the letters of the title intertwine just slightly, recalling the branch and knot motifs of early Insular art and illumination, also giving it a slightly mythical feel.

Updated page: The Dream of the Rood (Home>Books>The Dream of the Rood)