The Arrest of Cliopher Mdang by astrocryptographer
April 22, 2025
Three-piece bradel with paper overlay and design in heat transfer vinyl.
This fic is a fun twist of genre; it takes a character who is very much not your typical action hero and thrusts him into the role of Indiana Jones, going on a cross-country adventure to track down the artifacts needed to break a curse (all while avoiding arrest). It's thrilling and cinematic, and so my vision for the typeset is very much inspired by the "action movie" theming. All of the "location headers" are meant to be reminiscent of the LOCATION IN BOLD IMPACT FONT WHITE TEXT ON AN ESTABLISHING SHOT that was a staple of 2000s action movie editing. The font and color choices were meant to add to the bold, adventurous vibes. The "forest fire" paper is in reference to a specific scene in the fic, and the overlay technique is heavily inspired by @zhalfirin's work. This was also my first time sewing endbands.
Materials:
covers - 2 mm grey board
spine stiffener - paperboard
covering material - black and red linen bookcloth
overlay - "Forest Fire" chiyogami paper
vinyl - cricut brand gold foil, siser easyweed black vinyl
endpapers - green cardstock with pearle finish
endbands - faux double core french endband, with cotton embroidery floss
textblock paper - Hammermill 20lb printer paper, cream, 8.5x11
Typeset: Designed in Microsoft Word. The body font is Amasis MT Pro, headings are in Poppins, and "handwritten" sections are in Brotherland Signature and Weddingday Revisited. Images from Pexels.
Cover Design: Designed in Photopea. Font is Cinzel.
