Making a Mini Paper Towns

Disclaimer: I recreated the prologue and first chapter of Paper Towns myself in InDesign. I promise no hacking of John Green's publishers' computers occurred.

If you haven't read Paper Towns yet, you should really get on that, right now: http://tinyurl.com/papertowns

For all you type nerds, the body text is Electra LT Std, size 3, with 4.5 pt leading. I used Avenir 95 Black for the headings, which is close but not exact to the font used in the book, which I could not figure out for the life of me. The final book is about 2.5" tall by 1.75" wide.

The music in the background is Black Santas by the wonderful Lauren Fairweather: http://www.youtube.com/devilishlypure

www.karenkavett.com

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• mini
• miniature
• paper towns
• john green
• nerdfighters

[AngryKat10]

This is some seriously hardcore DFTBA-ing here.

[Isitonacornflake]

@EthanCopperwaite Although I'm not Karen, I think she used it to make the blank pages.

[ReflectionsInMyIris]

did you ever make a happy margo cover?

[cartograp]

this is very impressive! although i couldn't help but cringe when you printed those tiny pages each on their own individual printer paper.

[thetwistedsnail]

black santas is actually making me laugh really hard fjskjd

this is really awesome! are paper towns & tfios the only books you've replicated in miniature or have you made more? I'm really interested!

[MusicLover30250]

I love that you used HP 6 and 7 to keep the pages flat/together while they dried. Mostly because those are exactly the books I use when I do the same thing!

[Shortcut888]

DFTBAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA­AAAAAAAAAA!

[JEDoylee]

this is awesome

[monokuruboo123]

i thought you were gonna map out the actual town in like 3D houses and stuff. My bad

[xINVISIGOTHx]

oh.... I thought you were going to be making a miniature town out of paper (like houses and stuff) but nice video anyways

[macron12]

love the video and love the music too!GREAT Tune