The Typophile Classics edition of Frankenstein is set in Waldbaum, a revival of the typefaces cut c. 1800 by Justus Erich Waldbaum. These types were modern for their day (in fact, they belong to the family of typefaces we still refer to as "modern") but were at the same time shot through with Romantic qualities--rather like Frankenstein and its author. About the Typophile Classics series The Typophile Classics present the great books set in the finest typefaces of their day--for a superior reading experience that transports you to the author's time and place. These are portable paperbacks of the highest quality: elegantly designed and typeset, and printed on a premium eggshell paper with a durable sewn binding. Typophile Classics is an imprint of Abbeville Press, an independent publishing house known for its fine books on the arts.