Field Notes United States of Letterpress - Series A

Regular price $15.00

Includes one cover designed by Full-Circle Press of Nevada City, California. One of two by Genghis Kern of Denver, Colorado. One of two by Mama’s Sauce of Orlando, Florida.

SPECIFICATIONS:

  • Proudly printed by the good people of Lake County Press, Waukegan, Ill.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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).
  • Bound with a Heidelberg Stitchmaster ST 270 5-pocket saddle stitcher with cover feeder/scorer & Rima RS 10S in-line stacker.
  • Corners precisely rounded to a 3/8" (9.5mm) radius with a Challenge DCM double round-corner machine.
  • Memo book dimensions are 3-1/2" × 5-1/2" (89mm × 140mm).
  • Graph grid: 3/16" × 3/16" (4.7mm × 4.7mm).
  • FIELD NOTES uses only the Futura typeface family (Paul Renner, 1927) in its materials.
  • All FIELD NOTES memo books are printed and manufactured in the U.S.A.