Gutter, an independent magazine of Scottish fiction and poetry, was published by Freight Design. I was contracted to build the master style sheets based on the designer's mock-up, and then populate the book with content. I was strictly limited by a page count, and had to make the best use of space throughout the book. I was able to precisely control my copy space through the use of hyphenation settings and a consistent baseline grid.

The style also employed the use of many OpenType features, which I was able to govern through parent/child style sheets. When the style master was finished, the designer could easily change many styles throughout the document simply by changing one.

Gutter has been designed by Stephen Kelman at Freight Design