Every book we publish is printed on the same paper: an 80-gram cream stock from a mill that has made paper for a hundred and forty years. It costs a little more than white. Here is why we think it is worth it.
It is easier to read
Bright white paper reflects more light, and the contrast with black ink tires the eyes over a long chapter. Cream paper softens that contrast without making the text grey.
It ages well
White paper yellows unevenly. Cream paper starts where white paper ends up, so a book you keep for twenty years looks much as it did on the first day.
It feels like a book
Hard to measure, easy to notice: open one of our books next to a printed report and you will see what we mean.
