
This is my new-born baby, my first handmade book, the project from the Typography class.
這本書是我的第一本手工書,是Typography課的作業,也是我三個月來的心血結晶。

After 12 weeks working on the contents, 3 hours on printing, 6 hours on binding, some bleeding and swollen fingertips, dark circle under eyes, frustrations and stress...finally, here is the book.
花了十二週的時間製作內容,三個小時印刷,六個小時手工裝訂,加上被針戳流血腫起來的手指,越來越深的黑眼圈,還有無法計算的沮喪和壓力,終於,這本書誕生了。

The whole book was done by myself. I didn't consider to send my book to Kinko's or Office Max for binding at all. I trimed each page with x-acto knife, then hand sewn the book. I used Bodoni Ornament to create the pattern for front and back cover, then covered it with vellum paper.
打從一開始,我就決定要完全自己製作這本書,因此不考慮把書送到一些印刷店去裝訂。我用美工刀一頁一頁慢慢裁切,然後手縫裝訂。封面的圖案是用Bodoni Ornament的字形去設計的,上面再覆蓋一張半透明羊皮紙。

I used three different paper for each two chapters. It turned out very pretty. I am just so obsessed with paper. There are total four different kinds of paper in this little book.
因為對紙無可救藥的迷戀,我跑遍半個Orlando去尋找適合的紙張。我用三種不同的紙在每兩個章節,加上封面的羊皮紙,這本小書總共用了四種不同的紙。

On the title page of each chapter, I had hand-stitched the chapter number, and hand-written the title.
除了電腦排版的字體,還有手寫字和刺繡(是叫刺繡嗎?)。

Samples for the Minimalization exercise.
簡化字母的兩個設計案例。

Hand stitched on vellum paper. This book is not only for you to read, you can also touch and feel it.
這本書不只是讓人用眼睛看,還可以用手去觸摸和感覺。

One of my favorite layout in this book.
這是書中我最喜歡的編排設計之一。

Last chapter was printed in color.
最後一章是彩色印刷(貴啊...)。

I was tearing at the moment when I finally finished making this book (that was 4 o'clock in the morning).
當我在凌晨四點,終於完成這本書的那一剎那,真是忍不住熱淚盈眶啊!
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