This project was made as an exploration of expressive typography in the storytelling of a traditional folktale. Choosing Anthea Bell’s narrative of the clasical ballet play Swan Lake, I designed the pages of this booklet to echo the tone of the story in notes of romanticism, the delicate voices of the swans and the poetic nature of the play. The typefaces used for these expressions were Adobe Caslon, Scala Sans and Electra. Working within limitations such as no use of imagery/illustrations, the project represents a challenge to rely on typographic expression alone to convey action and emotion.