The Shades of Magic Series by V.E. Schwab
The Shades of Magic is a trilogy by New York Times bestselling author V.E. Schwab, published by Tor Books.
The first book, A Darker Shade of Magic, hit shelves in February 2015, followed by A Gathering of Shadows in 2016 and A Conjuring of Light in 2017. In the same year it was announced that Sony won a bidding war over the movie rights to A Darker Shade of Magic.
For the book covers, designer and illustrator Will Staehle chose the font Polyspring by PintassilgoPrints. He comments:
Once we locked on this design we went back and forth on a few possible type solutions, but ended up with this narrow serif. Lettering that feels a bit turn-of-the-century, while also creating a nice contrast from the very strong graphic circles of the cover.
Read more about the cover design process of the book A Darker Shade of Magic and see other cover approaches commented by Tor Books Art Director Irene Gallo on Tor’s website:
It is both playful and smart, sugesting that there is a really fun and clever adventure to be had.
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Here are the other typefaces used on the first image:
“A CLASSIC WORK OF FANTASY”, “A DARKER SHADE OF MAGIC”, “A GATHERING OF SHADOWS”, and “A CONJURING OF LIGHT” are Amati.
fontsinuse.com/typefaces/13…
www.myfonts.com/fonts/artyp…
“Deborah Harkness, New York Times bestselling author” is IM Fell Great Primer.
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fontsinuse.com/typefaces/47…
“SERIES” is Sackers Heavy Roman.
www.myfonts.com/fonts/mti/s…
Thanks a lot, Akira! Excellent work. The typeface credits are now added.