How the journal is set

The journal is set in Playfair Display for headings and body, drawing on the high-contrast didone tradition of nineteenth-century European book design. Sans-serif elements — kickers, navigation, metadata — are set in Inter, a contemporary grotesque chosen for its restraint at small sizes.

The palette is three colors: a warm cream background, a near-black ink, and a single tone of gold reserved for accents. This restraint is deliberate. A journal devoted to indexicality ought, we think, to make a virtue of pointing — and a single accent color points more clearly than a crowded one.

Drop capitals open each essay. A horizontal rule of three small ornaments closes them. Quotations are centered and bracketed by gold rules, in the manner of older periodical typography. Indented paragraphs follow the convention of long-form printed essays.

The journal is published as static HTML, hand-set, served plainly. There are no trackers, no analytics, no scripts. The page is meant to be read.