{"id":21149,"date":"2015-02-24T06:00:45","date_gmt":"2015-02-24T14:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/creativemarket.com\/blog\/?p=21149"},"modified":"2024-04-03T05:05:02","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T12:05:02","slug":"14-beautifully-lettered-vintage-book-covers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/creativemarket.com\/blog\/14-beautifully-lettered-vintage-book-covers","title":{"rendered":"14 Beautifully Lettered Vintage Book Covers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hand lettering makes us feel as if we had somehow traveled in time. As if, in an incomprehensible course of events, we had gone back to days that were less cluttered and busy. Days when design was done with one’s hands and an artist could be an artist.\nFortunately, there is a blooming hand lettering trend that aims to bring these days back. The expressive, unpretentious nature of lettering has brought us relief: the idea that we can once again explore our craft far away from pixel perfection. In this article, we will share 14 beautifully lettered book covers from the late 1800s and early 1900s that will surely inspire your next design project.\n

<\/span>1. The Alphabet of Flowers and Fruit<\/span><\/h2>\"TheDean & Son, The Alphabet of Flowers and Fruit: Internet Archive<\/a><\/em>

<\/span>2. Wee Tots<\/span><\/h2>\"WeeAmy Blanchard & Ida Waugh, Wee Tots: University of Florida Digital Collections<\/a><\/em>

<\/span>3. Soyer’s Shilling Cookery for the People<\/span><\/h2>\"Soyer'sAlexis Soyer, Soyer’s Shilling Cookery for the People: The Foods of England Project<\/a><\/em>

<\/span>4. Hey Diddle Diddle<\/span><\/h2>\"HeyMcLoughlin Brothers, Hey Diddle Diddle: University of Florida Digital Collections<\/a><\/em>

<\/span>5. The Locomobile Book<\/span><\/h2>\"TheThe Locomobile Book, 1909: New York Public Library Digital Collections<\/a><\/em>

<\/span>6. The ABC of Animals<\/span><\/h2>\"TheMcLoughlin Bros, The ABC of Animals: University of Florida Digital Collections<\/a><\/em>

<\/span>7. What to Draw & How to Draw It<\/span><\/h2>\"WhatE. G. Lutz, What to Draw & How to Draw It: Internet Archive<\/a><\/em>

<\/span>8. The Snow Image<\/span><\/h2>\"TheNathaniel Hawthorne, The Snow Image: Open Library<\/a><\/em>

<\/span>9. Voyages Extraordinaires<\/span><\/h2>\"VoyagesJules Verne, Voyages Extraordinaires: Wikimedia Commons<\/a><\/em>

<\/span>10. P.T. Barnum’s Route Book<\/span><\/h2>\"PTP.T. Barnum, Route Book: via Keith Tatum on Dribbble<\/a><\/em>

<\/span>11. Cinderella<\/span><\/h2>\"cinderella\"George Routledge and Sons, Cinderella: Internet Archive<\/a><\/em>

<\/span>12. The Baby’s Own Aesop<\/span><\/h2>\"TheWalter Crane, The Baby’s Own Aesop: Internet Archive<\/a><\/em>

<\/span>13. 1984<\/span><\/h2>\"1984\"George Orwell, 1984: University College London – George Orwell Archives<\/a><\/em>

<\/span>14. The Story of Jack and the Giants<\/span><\/h2>\"TheRichard Doyle, The Story of Jack and the Giants: Internet Archive<\/a><\/em>

<\/span>Create your own!<\/span><\/h2>

\nThe amazing designers at Creative Market are constantly creating new tools to make lettering more accessible to all of us, offering wonderful graphic sets, brushes, textures, vectors & fonts. Check out a few of them below:\n

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