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Question of the Week > What Typeface Is the Current Book You're Reading Set In? (3/9/25)

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message 1: by Marc (new)

Marc (monkeelino) | 3454 comments Mod
Let us know what tyepface(s) is/are used in the current book(s) you're reading. (It's usually listed in the back, although not always--let us know if it's not listed/mentioned anywhere.)


message 2: by Alwynne (last edited Mar 09, 2025 07:37PM) (new)

Alwynne | 239 comments I'm reading several at once:
Zsuzsanna Gahse's Mountainish typeface is Marist designed by Seb McLauchlan, inspired by William Morris's work; Michelle de Kretser's Theory & Practice in Goudy Old Style; an ARC so no info; and Cynthia Cruz's The Melancholia of Class: A Manifesto for the Working Class again no info - at least that I can find.


message 3: by Marc (new)

Marc (monkeelino) | 3454 comments Mod
I'll share a couple from the ones I'm currently reading...

- Sister Deborah by Scholastique Mukasonga
NO TYPOGRAPHY INFO PROVIDED
(I suspect all Archipelago Books use the same type design, but have been unable to confirm that...)

- Your Absence Is Darkness by Jón Kalman Stefánsson
MINION

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message 4: by Hester (new)

Hester (inspiredbygrass) | 141 comments Peace by Richard Bausch 2008 .
Typeface Caledonia designed by W A Dwiggins ( 1880-1956) in 1938.

War and Peace . Leo Tolstoy 1868/9 tr .Anthony Briggs
Penguin Classic . Typeface not recorded in the book but maybe I'm just not seeing it .

Fair Play ,/ Tove Jansson 1989 tr.Thomas Teal . Typeface Goudy and Gil Sans to a design by Henry Iles

Leica Format by Dasa Drndic. 2003 tr Celia Hawksworth. Typeface not recorded


message 5: by Franky (new)

Franky | 203 comments Currently reading a Borders Classics version of The Three Musketeers and it is set at 11 Point Goudy Old Style, designed by Frederic W. Goudy.


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