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'United States of Letterpress' (3- Pack A)
Field Notes' 48th Quarterly Limited Edition for the Fall of 2020 is the “United States of Letterpress,” Each pack comes with 3 distinct notebooks with 24 pages of dot grid paper totaling 48 sides to write on. Features the work of nine independent letterpress shops from across America. This series demonstrates a wide array of craftsmanship, ingenuity, and love for the age-old and tactile process of letterpress printing.
Includes one cover design by Full-Circle Press of Nevada City, California, One of two by Genghis Kern of Denver, Colorado, and one of two by Mama's Sauce of Orlando, Florida.
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Proudly printed by the good people of Lake County Press, Waukegan, Ill.
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Cover: Printed on 1 of 6 French Pop-Tone 100#C stocks with a thick, brute force, 1-color application of “Linotype Slug Gray” soy-based Superior ink. It was then sent to 1 of 6 Letterpress printers around the U.S.A. and smashed with a 2-color application of “Process Blue” and “Rubine Red” letterpress inks.
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Innards: Finch Paper Opaque Smooth 60#T “Bright White,” with a fine, 1-color application of “Double Knee Duck Canvas Light Brown” soy-based Toyo ink.
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Cover and innards printed on a Heidelberg Speedmaster XL 105 40" 6-color printing press, as well as various vintage presses (see flyleaf for more details).
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Bound with a Heidelberg Stitchmaster ST 270 5-pocket saddle stitcher with cover feeder/scorer & Rima RS 10S in-line stacker.
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Corners precisely rounded to a 3/8" (9.5mm) radius with a Challenge DCM double round-corner machine.
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Memo book dimensions are 3-1/2" × 5-1/2" (89mm × 140mm).
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Graph grid: 3/16" × 3/16" (4.7mm × 4.7mm).
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FIELD NOTES uses only the Futura typeface family (Paul Renner, 1927) in its materials.
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All FIELD NOTES memo books are printed and manufactured in the U.S.A.