Alessandro Segalini

Typesetting details:

A 5×8" 272-page book with semi-automatic line justification (28 lines per page), and several instances of visual poetry. Typesetting time: 4 weeks in 33 design sessions; 9 proofing files.

Cover design details:

5×8", spine size 0.571" (272 pp.).
Cover design features a processed aerial image of Israel, the West Bank, and part of Jordan, made by Barry Wilmore from the International Space Station, NASA (2014). The display type is the calligraphic RS Escritura (also used for headings), of typical Renaissance atmosphere; the asymmetrical shapes of the undulating serifs cause the characters to have a large aperture — subtle connections to the land as visualized, and to the erudition presented in the texts at large.