Typeface in context - More Research

For the cover using comic sans might work as it is an icon of the lack of originality. It could be modified it to show like it is handwritten with a brush, like if it is a protest sign (the message of the book is a protest itself).

The answer might designing it digitally and screenprint it over a white surface (white like signs in protests. I am aware that a white publication tends to get dirty, but if it does, it would only look more realistic and closer to how a protest sign looks like. Although, I might add a texture of that dirtiness). The text could be in black, except for the word "originality", which could be in red, like in many of these signs. Red is also a colour that raise awareness about something.









Although, if these are the only colours on the cover the design won't be that effective.

One solution could be to create a pattern with the most over-used symbols in graphic design. For example, the crown of "keep calm",