Wuthering Heights + The Tenant of Wildfell HallTwo book cover designs for Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë and The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë, exploring expressive typography as a visual language.
The Wuthering Heights design utilizes the ornamental Pentz typeface with customized “wuthering” swashes applied directly to the letterforms. A deep red palette represents the novel’s themes of passion and obsession.
For The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, Pentz is paired with IM Fell DW Pica to create a literary aesthetic. The type is set within a frame of ornaments—a reference to the main character’s paintings. A deep blue-grey palette evokes the setting’s harsh isolation and the character’s emotional distance.