Jenson Booklet
April 2024 | Indesign
This booklet turns the theme of Jenson into a kind of “readable period texture”: the pages feel like a preserved printing archive—paper grain, old-book fragments, annotations, and collage—so the reader naturally enters the context of 15th-century humanist Roman type while reading. At the same time, it uses a very clear “specimen-like information structure” to present the typeface’s use scenarios (title/body/notes, weights, detail features), achieving “atmosphere without messiness.”
Collage and diagonal composition: an archival narrative
Manuscripts, illustrations, and ornamental fragments are layered with overlaps, rotations, and tape-like details, like a curated folder of references. It reinforces the sense that Jenson comes from the world of early print.
Paper texture + a restrained palette: turning printing history into mood
The aged-paper background and muted tones aren’t just decoration—they set a consistent visual tone that makes Jenson feel classical, gentle, and highly readable.
A clear hierarchy system: keeping everything scannable
Large titles act as anchors, body text stays consistent in width and leading, and small labels clarify details—using hierarchy and structure to keep the collage under control and the reading flow clear.
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