Final Publication- 'Tooth'

The inside pages of the zine used a grid layout in order for the text to be consistent and ordered across the pages. The background imagery was placed anywhere on the page, this was to keep the rough 'punk' aesthetic going. The grid was simple, it was a box on each page that the text or main artwork had to stay within, this meant that as you flick through all the poems start at a similar point, but it doesn't look too ordered/rigid.

Caslon has been used as the text inside the poetry zine. This is because it is a classic type that has a high line contrast in width and tension which means it is elegant. It needed to reference the timeless nature of poetry and reflect the beautiful content people had written. In fact, Adrian Shaughnessy suggests that type 'provides a compelling alternative guide to our past cultural life.'

The cover used to the handmade aesthetic that I had researched, yet it still used a from of balanced layout in order for it to remain organised and collected. Skills in pagination were learnt from making this book and keeping a piece consistent in style and page layout. This is definitely something I want to pursue in future.