Field Notes Chicago
SPECIFICATIONS:
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Proudly printed by the good people of The Graphic Arts Studio, LLC, Barrington, Ill.
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Cover: French Kraft-Tone 100#C “Standard White Kraft,” with a brute-force coat of Black, “Haymarket Red,” and “North Branch Blue” soy-based Superior inks.
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Innards: Domtar Lynx Opaque Ultra 60#T “White,” with a fine, 1-color application of “Lake Michigan Mist” soy-based Superior ink.
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Cover and innards printed on a Heidelberg Speedmaster CD 102S six-color offset printing press.
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Bound with a Muller Martini 6-pocket saddle stitcher with cover feeder/scorer, with appreciation to Samuel Slocum, George W. McGill, and William J. Brown, the “Founding Fathers of the Staple.”
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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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Graph grid: 3/16" × 3/16" (4.7mm x 4.7mm). 48 Pages.
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Memo book dimensions are 3½" × 5½" (89mm x 140mm).
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FIELD NOTES uses only the Futura typeface family (Paul Renner, 1927), in collaboration with Monotype.
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All FIELD NOTES memo books are printed and manufactured in the U.S.A.