Field Notes Journal

Long-form reading that respects the reader.

Overview

An independent journal publishing serious long-form work through a theme that fought it the whole way.

01
The challenge

Typography was the entire product, and the platform gave the editors almost no control over it.
02
The approach

A bespoke editorial system: a real type scale, proper measure, footnotes that work on a phone, and layout options the editors can use without touching code.
03
The result

Read-through on long pieces improved and the editors stopped fighting their own site.

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