Front Page Reporter's Notebook 2pk
For the 2021 re-reprinting of “Front Page,” Field Notes retained the heavier 130#DTC Neenah “Wrought Iron” stock, but brought back the “Federal Blue’ ink. The innards remain bright-white Cougar 70# text paper with light gray college-ruled lines. The Double-O-Binding is still black rather than “Byline’s” silver. It looks and feels great, a nice balance between the original “Byline” and the 2019 “Front Page.”
The basic specifications and inside cover contents remain unchanged, it’s sized perfectly for your hands, easy to write in with one hand while holding it with the other. The cover protects the wire binding, so it doesn’t get caught on fabric or stuff in your backpack. It’s college-ruled for optimal page economy. The diameter of the binding and the die-cut holes that the binding passes through are optimized for maximum “flippability.” And the handy pocket in the back cover makes for a thicker, more stable hand-held writing surface, and also gives you a place to stash a shred of evidence, or a receipt for the cocktails you bought to ply a reluctant witness.
SPECIFICATIONS:
- 01. Proudly printed by the good people of Lake County Press, Inc., Waukegan, Ill.
- 02. Cover: Neenah Environment 130#DTC “Wrought Iron” with a brute-force hit of “Federal Blue” soy-based Toyo ink.
- 03. Innards: Cougar 70#T “White” vellum ruled with “Gray Lady” soy-based Toyo ink.
- 04. Cover and innards printed on a Heidelberg Speedmaster XL 105 40” 6-color printing press.
- 05. Bound with bombproof Renz “Double-O” Ring Wire, with appreciation to U.S. Patent #2142816, filed in 1935 by W. Walter Grumbacher.
- 06. Corners rounded to 3/8" (9.5mm) radius by a Challenge SCM round-corner machine.
- 07. College Ruled Lines: 9/32" (7.1 mm). 70 Pages per book.
- 08. Notebook dimensions: 3–3/4" × 8-1/4" (95mm × 210mm).
- 09. FIELD NOTES uses only the Futura typeface family (Paul Renner, 1927).
- 10. All FIELD NOTES memo books are printed and manufactured in the U.S.A.
- 11. UPC: 858493003431
