Colophon

Type & paper

Set in Newsreader, designed by Production Type and distributed under the SIL Open Font License. The fonts are served from this website. Georgia is the fallback.

Paper, brown ink, and an occasional oxblood mark. The cover’s contour study is an original programmatic illustration, made for this website.

Movement

Native scrolling opens the cover. Reading and navigation remain available with motion off. Your motion choice is stored in this browser.

Construction

Built with Next.js, React, Payload CMS, PostgreSQL, and GSAP. The publication is edited through a private visual admin.

Image credits

Samuel Xia — portrait
From Samuel Xia’s supplied collection · Supplied and approved by Samuel Xia for display on this website.
Modifications: Orientation normalized, resized, and EXIF removed.

Light on a red facade
From Samuel Xia’s supplied collection · Supplied and approved by Samuel Xia for display on this website.
Modifications: Orientation normalized, resized, and EXIF removed.

Across the river
From Samuel Xia’s supplied collection · Supplied and approved by Samuel Xia for display on this website.
Modifications: Orientation normalized, resized, and EXIF removed.

Flowers beside the road
From Samuel Xia’s supplied collection · Supplied and approved by Samuel Xia for display on this website.
Modifications: Orientation normalized, resized, and EXIF removed.

Rain on glass
From Samuel Xia’s supplied collection · Supplied and approved by Samuel Xia for display on this website.
Modifications: Orientation normalized, resized, and EXIF removed.

A patch of grass
From Samuel Xia’s supplied collection · Supplied and approved by Samuel Xia for display on this website.
Modifications: Orientation normalized, resized, and EXIF removed.

A bridge through the window
From Samuel Xia’s supplied collection · Supplied and approved by Samuel Xia for display on this website.
Modifications: Orientation normalized, resized, and EXIF removed.

A fallen leaf
From Samuel Xia’s supplied collection · Supplied and approved by Samuel Xia for display on this website.
Modifications: Orientation normalized, resized, and EXIF removed.

Roads crossing
From Samuel Xia’s supplied collection · Supplied and approved by Samuel Xia for display on this website.
Modifications: Orientation normalized, resized, and EXIF removed.

An autumn passage
From Samuel Xia’s supplied collection · Supplied and approved by Samuel Xia for display on this website.
Modifications: Orientation normalized, resized, and EXIF removed.

A wall of leaves
From Samuel Xia’s supplied collection · Supplied and approved by Samuel Xia for display on this website.
Modifications: Orientation normalized, resized, and EXIF removed.

Pink flowers, soft focus
From Samuel Xia’s supplied collection · Supplied and approved by Samuel Xia for display on this website.
Modifications: Orientation normalized, resized, and EXIF removed.

An evening beneath the bridge
From Samuel Xia’s supplied collection · Supplied and approved by Samuel Xia for display on this website.
Modifications: Orientation normalized, resized, and EXIF removed.

Cover contour study: generated from original mathematical paths in the project. No external art or photographs were used for it.

Newsreader font license