FIELD NOTES UNITED STATES OF LETTERPRESS NOTEBOOK 3 PACK FNC-48B (GRAPH) - Field Notes Notebooks

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American Ink

Covers by Independent Letterpress Shops.

Three 48 page memo books. Flake grid. 3.5" by 5.5"

Continuing a tradition embossed into the history of American letterpress printing, the layouts, themes and messages are highly personal statements about heritage, geography, tradition, and social issues and they also demonstrate the diversity and strength of today's letterpress community.

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3-PACK FNC-48B:

Includes one of two cover designs by Springtide Press of Tacoma of Washington, One of two by Brad Vetter of Louisville, Kentucky. One of two by Ben Blount of Evanston, Illinois.

SPECIFICATIONS:

01. Proudly printed by the good people of Lake County Press, Waukegan, Ill.

02. 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.

03. 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.

04. 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).

FIELD NOTES UNITED STATES OF LETTERPRESS NOTEBOOK 3 PACK FNC-48B (GRAPH) - Field Notes Notebooks

American Ink

Covers by Independent Letterpress Shops.

01. Proudly printed by the good people of Lake County Press, Waukegan, Ill.

03. 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.

04. 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).

05. Bound with a Heidelberg Stitchmaster ST 270 5-pocket saddle stitcher with cover feeder/scorer & Rima RS 10S in-line stacker.

06. Corners precisely rounded to a 3/8" (9.5mm) radius with a Challenge DCM double round-corner machine.

07. Memo book dimensions are 3-1/2" × 5-1/2" (89mm × 140mm).

08. Graph grid: 3/16" × 3/16" (4.7mm × 4.7mm).

09. FIELD NOTES uses only the Futura typeface family (Paul Renner, 1927) in its materials.

10. All FIELD NOTES memo books are printed and manufactured in the U.S.A.