Kuwi and Friends Māori Picture Dictionary — Edify Award for Best Educational Book or Series – Primary 2021 FINALIST

Edify Award for Best Educational Book or Series – Primary 2021

Finalist

Designers: Kat Quin and Chelsea McKirdy, Illustrated Publishing
Title: Kuwi & Friends Māori Picture Dictionary (He Papakupu Whakaahua)
Publisher: Illustrated Publishing
Format: 350mm x 265mm, 68pp, hard cover, section sewn in 8, square case. Cover matt laminated with spot gloss UV varnishing. Interior paper stock: 140 gsm Woodfree.
Typography: Body: Archer (Book) 9pt, 15pt Leading
Sub body 6.5pt, 7.8pt Leading
Dictionary Item TE REO MĀORI: Archer Bold 13pt 16pt Leading (lowercase)
Dictionary Item ENGLISH: Archer (Book) 9pt (lowercase)
Title (TE REO MĀORI): Gab Regular 32pt
Subtitle (ENGLISH): TrashHand 27pt

 
The designer had to build macron glyphs (for Māori text) into the title font Gab, as they were not in the original font.


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