This book was set in Sabon, a typeface designed by the well known German typographer Jan Tschichold (1902-74). Sabon's design is based on the original letter forms of Claude Garamond and was created specifically to be used for three sources: foundry type for hand composition, linotype, and monotype. Tschichold named his typeface for the famous frankfurt typefounder jacques sabon, who died in 1580.