Frankenscript;

or the Wrapped Prometheus

Algorithmic Book

An experimental reworking of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, created with custom InDesign scripts that reshape the text into new typographic layouts.

The layout it is based on is Jan Dufke’s reinterpretation of the original 1818 edition of the book.

Tools:

InDesign scripts, Adobe InDesign

It was printed in the original format on 80 g/m2 cream paper, cold-glued and soft-covered:

The red soft-cover of the book shows a frame from the 1931 film:

Each chapter explores a different visual idea which evolves throughout the chapter like a flip book: