Elzadra
@elzadra.bsky.social
Book designer, blogger, flâneuse. Not likely to become an efficient soldier.
New book cover design for Daraja Press, a new edition of a book from the 1980s by a doctor who served voluntarily in El Salvador for a time during its exceptionally violent civil war.
October 11, 2025 at 5:36 PM
New book cover design for Daraja Press, a new edition of a book from the 1980s by a doctor who served voluntarily in El Salvador for a time during its exceptionally violent civil war.
New book design for Daraja Press, coming soon. Fonts BN Nord and Barlow.
April 8, 2025 at 12:25 AM
New book design for Daraja Press, coming soon. Fonts BN Nord and Barlow.
New book cover from January: Peter Noonan's The Wind and the Sails
March 23, 2025 at 2:11 PM
New book cover from January: Peter Noonan's The Wind and the Sails
The snowdrift at my front door this morning
February 18, 2025 at 12:18 AM
The snowdrift at my front door this morning
New book cover, using Jérémy Landes' negative space font Hyper Script, and Impallari's Cabin. Author requested a plain black cover. Book is out soon from Daraja Press.
January 13, 2025 at 12:06 AM
New book cover, using Jérémy Landes' negative space font Hyper Script, and Impallari's Cabin. Author requested a plain black cover. Book is out soon from Daraja Press.
Cover for Rhumsiki, an academic journal at the Université de Maroua in the north of Cameroon. Fonts: Albertus, MPI Sardis, RBNo2.1b
November 22, 2024 at 4:08 PM
Cover for Rhumsiki, an academic journal at the Université de Maroua in the north of Cameroon. Fonts: Albertus, MPI Sardis, RBNo2.1b
New book cover. Spoon and Shrapnel – recipes and poetry from a woman who experienced the Iran-Iraq war as a child. Main font is a new one, The Myths from the brilliant TanType.
November 14, 2024 at 4:00 AM
New book cover. Spoon and Shrapnel – recipes and poetry from a woman who experienced the Iran-Iraq war as a child. Main font is a new one, The Myths from the brilliant TanType.
New book cover. Night Settles Upon the City, by Omar Sabbagh, from Daraja Press
October 5, 2024 at 7:44 PM
New book cover. Night Settles Upon the City, by Omar Sabbagh, from Daraja Press
New book cover. Elsewhereness – Antipoetry by S. Bahozde from darajapress.com
October 5, 2024 at 7:43 PM
New book cover. Elsewhereness – Antipoetry by S. Bahozde from darajapress.com
New book cover: Critique décoloniale de l'école haïtienne. Fonts: Gravitas One (Riccardo De Franceschi), Diplomata (Eduardo Tunni) both from Google, Built Titling by Typodermic
August 13, 2024 at 6:37 PM
New book cover: Critique décoloniale de l'école haïtienne. Fonts: Gravitas One (Riccardo De Franceschi), Diplomata (Eduardo Tunni) both from Google, Built Titling by Typodermic
New book cover design: art by Sliman Mansour, fonts Abbot Oldstyle (Joseph W. Phinney, 1901) and Burford Rustic (Kimmy Kirkwood, 2015). #darajapress #yahialababidi #katemcdo
August 13, 2024 at 6:33 PM
New book cover design: art by Sliman Mansour, fonts Abbot Oldstyle (Joseph W. Phinney, 1901) and Burford Rustic (Kimmy Kirkwood, 2015). #darajapress #yahialababidi #katemcdo
Second new book cover for ESBC. This book was originally published in French, then they translated it to Kréyol (Haitian Creole) so I redid the cover in that language. Font is Roslindale and the sans is Quattrocento.
March 10, 2024 at 2:34 AM
Second new book cover for ESBC. This book was originally published in French, then they translated it to Kréyol (Haitian Creole) so I redid the cover in that language. Font is Roslindale and the sans is Quattrocento.
New book cover for ESBC. Sans is Eina, word cloud is Teen by #typodermic
March 10, 2024 at 2:31 AM
New book cover for ESBC. Sans is Eina, word cloud is Teen by #typodermic
New book, cover by me, about the plight of the Kurdish people in Rojava.
September 7, 2023 at 1:28 AM
New book, cover by me, about the plight of the Kurdish people in Rojava.
New collective work about perinatal care for new arrivals in Quebec. Cover by me.
September 3, 2023 at 1:57 AM
New collective work about perinatal care for new arrivals in Quebec. Cover by me.
This wasn't the final, but it was the one I liked best.
August 29, 2023 at 3:01 PM
This wasn't the final, but it was the one I liked best.
Not a new one but I still like the effect.
August 28, 2023 at 3:26 AM
Not a new one but I still like the effect.
This is how it's done.
August 27, 2023 at 8:11 PM
This is how it's done.
Pleased with the concordance here between art and type.
August 15, 2023 at 8:44 PM
Pleased with the concordance here between art and type.
Republication of this 1980s novel about racial strife in northern England. Background artwork by Daniel Heikalo, published by Daraja Press.
July 9, 2023 at 2:16 AM
Republication of this 1980s novel about racial strife in northern England. Background artwork by Daniel Heikalo, published by Daraja Press.
New book cover design for Éditions sciences et bien commun. The main font is Michael Harvey's beautiful Strayhorn.
July 6, 2023 at 3:39 PM
New book cover design for Éditions sciences et bien commun. The main font is Michael Harvey's beautiful Strayhorn.