in case you were wondering....

[ellenkushner]

We asked the publisher (chief cook & bottle washer) about the font he used for The Man with the Knives.  Answer:

Type is Centaur MT, with title page & cover set in Caslon Antique

By the way, copies  are still available.  He's bringing some to sell at Readercon (July 8-11) - I won't be there (so sad!  I hate to miss a Readercon! but I must go to Finland that week for Finncon!), but I'm signing all of them (just my name) in advance, and Gavin Grant of Small Beer Press has very kindly offered to host them at his table in the Dealers' Room there.   My thanks to everyone who's ordered a book - Mr. HW continues impressed with the courtesy of my readers.  Classy people, you!

ETA:  You can see what the type looks like on the first page here.

Comments

[kiplet.livejournal.com]

Jenn got her birthday copy, and it is quite lovely—and thank you for signing it!

(I was good, and didn't read it before giving it to her, but the temptation was quite strong let me tell you.)

[ellen-kushner.livejournal.com]

So happy! Hope she likes it - and that you do, too, when you're done being Noble!

[aamcnamara.livejournal.com]

It's such a lovely piece of work!

[ellen-kushner.livejournal.com]

It's such a pretty object, the words are almost lagniappe!

[aamcnamara.livejournal.com]

Object and words are both so pretty that they are lagniappe for each other, or... something. Anyway, I really liked it a lot. And reading it on the Madison capitol lawn was nice, too--thanks for the headsup that there would be copies at Wiscon.

[wild-irises.livejournal.com]

I actually talked to you by voice today and forgot to say how completely awesome and EK-at-her-best that story is. I would adore it even if it didn't fill in some otherwise incomprehensible niches in Riverside, one of the stories of my heart.

[ellen-kushner.livejournal.com]

Hey - it's better you wrote it down: that way I can savor & reread it at will. 'Cause, thanks: you're one of the people whose opinion of my work is a touchstone for me.

[coffeeem.livejournal.com]

Centaur is probably my all-time favorite font. Good choice!

[ellen-kushner.livejournal.com]

Thanks! (And yet, I remain wistful about the type Henry used for Don Webb's book WHEN THEY CAME - you can see a bit of it on the back of the cover here:
http://cargocollective.com/temporaryculture#114940/When-They-Came
. . . and here's how to order it:
http://www.avramdavidson.org/whentheycame.html
)

[aliseadae]

How would one order a copy off the internet?

[ellen-kushner.livejournal.com]

Instructions are on the lower lefthand side of this page:
http://avramdavidson.org/themanwiththeknives.html