Field Notes Quarterly Edition – Paletas Pack A (Special Edition)

Our 71st quarterly edition celebrates the paleta, the fruit-filled frozen treat on a stick that has cooled down sweltering summer days across Mexico and the U.S. for generations. The tradition traces back to the 1940s, when three cousins from Tocumbo, Michoacn opened a small paletera in Mexico City and went on to build a franchise network that carried paletas north of the border and into cities like Chicago.

Pack A brings three flavors to life on the cover: Chicle (Blue), Sanda (Red), and Queso Crema (White). Each cover features a transparent backing card illustrated by local Chicago artist Atlan Arceo-Witzl in the style of a classic paleta wrapper.

Specifications:

• Printed by Classic Color, Broadview, Ill.
• Covers: 12pt WestRock Tango C1S “Blanco” cover stock with a 4-color process application of soy-based inks, finished with gloss and frosty matte varnishes.
• Innards: 48 pages of Domtar Lynx Opaque 60#T “Blanco” dot-grid paper, printed with a soy-based “Crema” ink.
• Cover and innards printed on a Komori Lithrone G40 six-color UV press.
• Bound with a Muller Martini Presto II saddle stitcher.
• Corners rounded to a 3/8″ (9.5mm) radius.
• Dot-graph grid: 3/16″ 3/16″ (4.7mm 4.7mm).
• Memo book dimensions: 3-1/2″ 5-1/2″ (89mm 140mm).
• FIELD NOTES uses only the Futura typeface family (Paul Renner, 1927).
• Limited edition of 36,000 total 3-Packs, 12,000 Packs each of A, B, and C.
• All FIELD NOTES memo books are printed and manufactured in the U.S.A.