Book design for a course at the University of Baltimore. The color choice and updated typefaces were meant to bring this classic text into the modern era. None of the types appearing in the book were released before 2000, and most types used were designed by a French designer, a nod to the novelist’s nationality. The dot motif throughout references the dramatic scene towards the end of the book where—spoiler alert—the titular character dies by arsenic poisoning, which leaves dark spots on her skin. It was printed and bound by Columbia, MD-based Indigo Ink.
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