Alessandro Segalini

Typesetting details:

A 6×9" 612-page book (33 lines per page), with footnotes, and a 36-page long table of contents with summaries. Set in OHno Swear Text, an original sharp and ultra readable seriffed design born out of the flat brush. The display type is Vanarchiv Escritura, an ultra sharp italic influenced by chancery handwriting from the Italian Renaissance. Typesetting time: 12 weeks in 88 design sessions; 14 proofing files.

Cover design details:

6×9" spine size 1.358" (612 pp.).
The front cover layout was designed and features an illustration by Sergio Aquindo. Following the design of the inside of the volume, the copy is set in Swear Text, and the title is set in Escritura.

Review: @TheNation