The print edition of this book is set in Scotch Modern, a typeface family designed by Nick Shinn in 2008 that embodies the aesthetic and functional qualities of types first appearing during the early 19th century from the hands of Scottish type engravers it was named for. The very first typefaces of this style surfaced around 1810 in Edinburgh from the type foundry Miller & Richard. The style flourished during the Victorian era and maintained its popularity for the 19th and early 20th centuries. These Scotch faces were influenced significantly by the types of Giambatista Bodoni and Firmin Didot, as well as Baskerville’s letterforms.



Shinn took his reference from a scientific manual of 1834 that used a ten-point Scotch face for its text. Without using scans, he revived the type by eye on the screen, which resulted in a very true re-creation of the original face.

Printed at the old Coach House on bpNichol Lane in Toronto, Ontario, on Zephyr Antique Laid paper, which was manufactured, acid-free, in Saint-Jérôme, Quebec, from second-growth forests. This book was printed with vegetable-based ink on a 1965 Heidelberg KORD offset litho press. Its pages were folded on a Baumfolder, gathered by hand, bound on a Sulby Auto-Minabinda and trimmed on a Polar single-knife cutter.

Translated by Joseph Patrick Stancil

Edited and designed by Alana Wilcox

Cover by Ingrid Paulson

Photo of Cyrille Martinez by Pauline Abascal

Photo of Joseph Patrick Stancil by Guy Smith

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