hi all,

i’m currently reading ’hidden empire’ by kevin j. anderson, it’s a science fiction novel.

the edition is have is a pocket books one, with this on the inside about the typesetting:

’Typeset in Weiss by SX Composing DTP, Rayleigh, Essex. Printed and bound in Great Britain by Cox and Wyman Ltd, Reading, Berks.”

i can’t recall ever seeing weiss before this book, and while i think it is a very nice typeface, it seems almost too beautiful to be used as a text face. i’m not sure exactly what is causing me problems, except the lower case ’z’ which i think is quite nice and always make me stumble as i pause to admire it.

do any of you know what i’m talking about?

are there better example of where weiss really works?

amazon.co.uk have some sample pages here

cheers - sye :)