Hamlet

Hamlets Soliloquy is about his insecurities in life. He is unsure about weather to live or die and if he should commit suicide or not. I was asked to make this soliloquy look classical and modern.

I began by looking at 16th century manuscript for my classical design because it was around this period that Hamlet was written. I noticed that these scripts had ornate decorative letters at the beginning of the type and looked like they had been handwritten.
This ornate letter was from a book called Fancy Alphabets. (The Pepin Press, 2005, pg 77)

The top image shows a modern spread which has a classical feeling to it. i like the way the designer has placed it on an off white background which makes it look older.