Annet Huizing – De Zweetvoetenman

Book coverAnnet Huizing – De Zweetvoetenman
Book coverAnnet Huizing – De Zweetvoetenman
Book coverAnnet Huizing – De Zweetvoetenman
Book coverAnnet Huizing – De Zweetvoetenman

As a publisher you have to be willing to take a gamble to bring out a book for young people on so dry-as-dust a subject as case law. The creators of this book have succeeded admirably in presenting that subject, couched in accounts of actual cases, in a way that’s interesting not just to the intended target audience but also to adult readers.

 

Much effort has gone into the way the book has been produced, with such features as fold-outs that actually have a useful function. There’s nothing boring here. Page design is used in illustrating the narrative and to support the explanations of complex legal concepts. That enjoying the read is allowed to take precedence is clear right from the start – even the ‘colofon’ (publishing details) is provided with some entertaining and potentially useful hints in bubbles. The panel were not quite unanimous, however, as the front cover is comparatively abstract and aloof, not imbued so much with the mentality and atmosphere of the inviting interior. Strangely enough, in that regard the back cover is quite the opposite. Our advice, then, is this: just buy the book and leave it on the table face down.

Edition: 2017
Language: Dutch
Final editor: Leonie Hardeman
Publisher: Lemniscaat, Rotterdam
Graphic designer: Margot Westermann, Utrecht
Printer: Graphius, Ghent (BE)
Binder: Graphius, Ghent (BE)
Size book block (w x h x d in mm): 208 x 250 x 33
Number of pages: 247 p.
Print run: 25,000
Price: € 24.95
ISBN: 978 90 4770 826 1
Font and foundry: Alegreya Sans (Juan Pablo del Peral), American Typewriter (ITC), Asap (Omnibus Type), Auto 2 (Underware), Blockhead (Emigre), Footlight (Monotype), Minion Pro (Adobe), Sexsmith (Typodermic Fonts)
Binding style: sewn hardback with a rounded spine
Material: 150gsm Lessebo Design Smooth 1.3 White (Igepa) (interior), 140gsm Sirio Color Vermiglione (Fedrigoni) (endpapers), 150gsm Magno Gloss (Igepa) over 2.5 mm grey board (binding with scratch free matt laminate and spot varnishing)