Cover and Typesetting for the English translation of ‘Contemporary Clinical Foundations of the Classics’

Cover design and internal typesetting for the English translation of Masakazu Ikeda’s Contempory Clinical Foundations of the Classics, a Japanese textbook concerned with interpreting the ancient Chinese texts on acupuncture. Typeset in Bembo, Futura and Mincho. The kanji on the cover is printed in PMS 874, a pinkish gold spot color that doesn’t show up too well here.