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OBSESSION Description Book jacket for The University of Chicago Press. The type was hand-perforated by Lauren Nassef and is based on a custom typeface. Published in 2008. Art Director Jill Shimabukuro Designer Isaac Tobin Letterer Lauren Nassef Type Design Isaac Tobin

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CONTEMPORARY ATHLETICS AND ANCIENT GREEK IDEALS Description Book jacket for The University of Chicago Press. Custom typeface. Published in 2009. Art Director Jill Shimabukuro Designer Isaac Tobin Photographer Andrew Bossi Type Design Isaac Tobin

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THE VICTORIAN EYE Description Book cover for The University of Chicago Press. The yellow ink is dayglow fluorescent and most of the typefaces are custom (the sans serifs and the EYE). Published in 2008. Art Director Jill Shimabukuro Designer Isaac Tobin Type Design Isaac Tobin

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THE TRUTH MACHINE Description Book jacket for The University of Chicago Press. Custom typeface (the sans serif). Published in 2008. Art Director Jill Shimabukuro Designer Isaac Tobin Illustrator Isaac Tobin Type Design Isaac Tobin

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THE MICROSCOPE AND THE EYE Description Book jacket for The University of Chicago Press. Published in 2007. Art Director Jill Shimabukuro Designer Isaac Tobin

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ACCIDENT Description Book jacket for The University of Chicago Press. Published in 2008. Art Director Jill Shimabukuro Designer Isaac Tobin

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DANGEROUS FRAMES Description Book cover for The University of Chicago Press. Published in 2008. Art Director Jill Shimabukuro Designer Isaac Tobin Illustrator Isaac Tobin

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THE SUBVERSIVE COPY EDITOR Description Book jacket for The University of Chicago Press. Published in 2009. Art Director Jill Shimabukuro Designer Isaac Tobin

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WHISKEY TANGO FOXTROT Description Book design for the University of Chicago Press. 260 pages, 230 color plates 8-1/2 x 10. Published in 2007. The display typeface is custom. Art Director Jill Shimabukuro Designer Isaac Tobin Photographer Ashley Gilbertson Type Design Isaac Tobin Type Setter Isaac Tobin

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FIELD Description Custom typeface based on vintage vinyl letting I found in a dark corner of the Field Museum in Chicago. I was designing the book Mystic Bones at the time and needed a special display font, and realized these unusual octagonal based letters were a perfect fit. The lighter weights are my invention. Type Design Isaac Tobin