[above] Book cover type may have implications you’ve never thought
about. Here are two book covers showing men in frilly shirts. If not for the
typefaces, could you tell that one book is intended for straight women and the
other for gay men?
Either illustration could appeal to people of either gender and orientation but the type makes the difference. The Cross Bones type could be used on a book for straight men, but not with a guy in a frilly shirt.
Either illustration could appeal to people of either gender and orientation but the type makes the difference. The Cross Bones type could be used on a book for straight men, but not with a guy in a frilly shirt.
[above] Here are two cowboy romance books. The huge letters
used for Linda Lael Miller’s name and the curlicues and script typeface used
for “Country” indicate its for women. The simpler typeface on the book
at the right hints that it’s for men.
[left] Both of these books are in the lesbian romance genre, but the title type styles are entirely different Could one be femme and the other butch?
[above] And, finally, books written by a lesbian woman and a homosexual man -- with asexual typography.
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ReplyDeleteI was gay last week. This week I'm a lesbian.
DeleteThe pirate one is M/M romance, which is mainly aimed at straight women ;) Maybe gay men do read M/M romances, I don't know.
ReplyDeleteSome in the spiritual arena of thought accept as true that they "must stop" the "gay agenda, whatever that might be. Of course, there are folks who are very obstinate in the GLBT community about certain issues such as gay marriage and they demand to be heard and are vocal on the following stage over this debate. When I read the gentleman's essay arguing that no one is born gay, I certainly understood where he was coming from, as he felt as if the ""gay agenda" had come too far, and so, he is just as adamant about pushing back now.
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