PENRHYN BOOKS | THE BITTER SEA
Penrhyn Books was founded by historian, publisher, and author David Leedham. This independent publisher is based in Chester, United Kingdom. Its publications are available through the Penrhyn Books website and a growing network of selected stockists.
COMPLETE PACKAGE
FL@33 was commissioned by Penrhyn Books to design and typeset five books, including their covers. The five publications form a book series entitled The Bitter Sea, covering British history during the period of the Roman empire.
___ FL@33 also developed the identity for Penrhyn Books, including a logo, stationery with bookmark / business card combinations, letterheads, address label stickers, a promo card, and Penrhyn Books' website with integrated online shop.
___ The books were released one at a time, with the first publication followed by the official website launch. The last publication completed The Bitter Sea book series.
___ FL@33's Tomi Vollauschek was responsible for the complete process from design to production and created everything from book design, cover design – including photographs of the sea, the publisher's identity, website, and the typesetting of a total of 1770 pages with additional footnotes, quotes, and 246 illustrations – all retouched, modified, and/or created by FL@33. The illustrations for the books created by FL@33 included maps, diagrams, and tables.
THE BOOK SERIES | ADDITIONAL INFO
Shown here are sample spreads from all five books and their covers. Details show the use of Adobe Garamond Pro in combination with the sans serif font Bryant Pro to differentiate between quotes and the author's main body text.
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