The Textura Classics are a series of 19th century gothic novels designed to take a fresh, sophisticated approach to the graphic treatment of these works. Using a textura typeface and immense swaths of black both inside and out, the books evoke the dark, unsettling and claustrophic atmospheres of the stories they house.
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The covers were laser printed in black onto black paper to achieve their dark but legible appearance.
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The toner on black paper provides a sheen that allows the text to appear and disappear from various viewing angles.
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Dracula Full Cover Layout
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Frankenstein Full Cover Layout
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The Picture of Dorian Gray Full Cover Layout
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The cover's dramatic black-on-black style carries onto the book's interior, where a similar darkness recurs both in the title page and in entirely black spreads which envelop the story at the beginning and end.
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The book interiors are typeset in Eldorado, an oldstyle typeface that evokes the historical quality of the novels.
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