The book I have selected is The Greatest Generation by Tom Brokaw. It was published in 1998 by Dell Publishing. The ISBN is 0-385-33462-1. The format is a standard portrait, it runs 6 inches wide by 9 inches tall.
The typeface is 12 pt. Fairfield and was designed by Rudolph Ruzicka. (I learned this from the Colophon in the back, thanks Prof. Wolske!) The type choice is an expected move because it is a longer read and the serif type is easier on the eyes. The line lengths average to about 10 to 12 words a sentence.
Text blocks are designed with Villard's diagram. Paragraphs are articulated through indents. They appear to be an em length. Images are separated from text and are centered.
My book is set in Villard's diagram... so there is a similarity. Other than that it is not very similar. However, as my book evolves it will look more like Brokaw's. The direction I took was experimental and not practical for a long read.
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It was great! It's too bad you weren't there. But you can still enter, all the details are here >>>
http://www.oq.lassonde.utah.edu/Documents/CompetitionPacket2008.pdf
Also, I got you a set of those Axiom postcards. :D
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