Chenxi Nie

Graphic designer
Typeface designer
Illustrator

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Detail in typesetting
More patience, understanding and tolerant
Is it love? It is love.
Memory of F
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This work is about book typography. I tried to find a new way of typesetting that would save paper. In my research I found that many books have a lot of blank pages, so I think that a lot of paper is wasted in the process of making books. I tried to use smaller font size, word spacing, line spacing and other parameters for compact typography. Although the outcome doesn't look like anything special, behind the scenes I've been doing a lot of experimenting and making slight adjustments to the typography.
After re-typesetting, the book uses only 4.5 pieces of A4 paper. The paper I chose is G.F Smith Sketch Natural, a 100% recycled paper, manufactured using post industrial waste. The font I chose is Century Gothic. I chose it because it saves ink compared to other typefaces. Concerning the number of columns, both one and two columns appear in the book. This is because the texts are speeches, with a lot of short paragraphs, and sometimes using two columns makes for more white space. This way is a better way that I have found in the process.