The 65th limited Quarterly Edition for the winter of 2024 is the “Vintage” Edition. Field Notes revisited some of our favorite materials, details, and production processes to create a brand-new and old-fashioned 3-Pack.

For the covers, they have chosen a 100# “Royaltone” stock from the French Paper Company. It is named “Monarch Red,” but leans more towards the color of fine wine. Perhaps a 2012 Willamette Pinot Noir? The stock features a lovely linen texture that plays well with the embossed “Metallic Antique” gold ink. The inside covers are printed with a geometric pattern that suggests the end-papers of a classic hardcover book.

Interior pages are “dot-ruled” using “Faded Antique Gold” ink on an off-white stock from Domtar. They’re also perforated for easy removal. The staples are also gold. Natch.

SPECIFICATIONS:

Proudly printed by the good people of The Graphic Arts Studio, LLC, Barrington, Ill.
Cover: French Royaltone 100#C “Monarch Red,” with a thick, brute force, 2-color application of “Antique Gold” and black soy-based Superior inks.
Innards: Domtar Cougar 60#T “Natural,” with a fine, 1-color application of “Faded Antique Gold” soy-based Superior ink.

Cover and innards printed on a Heidelberg Speedmaster CD 102S six-color printing press.
Bound with a Muller Martini 6-pocket saddle stitcher with cover feeder/scorer, with appreciation to Samuel Slocum, George W. McGill, and William J. Brown, the “Founding Fathers of the Staple.”
Corners precisely rounded to a 3/8" (9.5mm) radius with a Challenge DCM double round-corner machine.
Dot-Ruled Lines: 1/4" (6.4mm). Perforated pages.
Memo book dimensions are 3-1/2" × 5-1/2" (89mm × 140mm).
FIELD NOTES uses only the Futura typeface family (Paul Renner, 1927), in collaboration with Monotype.
All FIELD NOTES memo books are printed and manufactured in the U.S.A.
Limited Edition of 26,000 3-Packs.
UPC: 850032279345

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