I have been gradually developing the text that I would like for each page of my book. I decided that each sentence would start with 'A raven' to give continuity and would only be a number of lines. I wanted each bit of text to describe the facts of that particular myth or legend, but also flow nicely and have the tone of someone telling a story. I do not feel very confident with writing, but am I reasonably happy with the final result and how I have managed to condense each narrative.
When I was putting the final patterns and text on indesign I used a serif font - Baskerville - as I thought this would match the tone of my book. I wrote the text over a slightly see-through box so that it would be legible, but not starkly noticeable against the pattern. When I printed this out, for a mock up, however I was very unhappy with the tone it gave my book. The text and box looked out of place and overly formal.
After talking to Matt and a number of peers their suggestions were to change to a display font and make the white box full fill - to match the white spaces I had in other areas of the book. The idea was that a display font, like futura that I have used here, would make the text silent, and not add to or distract from the images. I think this is the right way to go and looks a lot more appropriate.
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