More About The Design

Size: 9" by 7.5". It is large enough so the reader can get a good feel for the paper samples, and small enough to carry around.

Binding: Japanese stab binding. I chose this technique for 3 reasons:
1. I think this will add to the book's handmade feel.
2. A lot of handmade paper comes from Japan, so it makes sense.
3. Because I'm including paper samples, I need to bind single sheets.

Text font: Minion Pro 9pt with 14.5pt leading gives the book a fairly light colour.

Secondary fonts: Gill Sans 8pt will be used for captions.

Chapter titles: I'll be using a handwritten font called Angelina. There will be a slight variation in each of the titles. For example, in the chapter My Story, the word My will be underlined.

Descriptions of paper samples: The strip of paper will be about 2 inches wide and the text will be in Gill Sans.