The (Near) Perfect Book

Bear with me while I fantasise about my ideal book. This is purely hypothetical, I don't plan to make a book of that sort.

Firstly, it's not a novel, a short story collection, whatever. It will sit on your coffee table to bear hours of sun. But it won't fade. It's eight by eight inches, with smooth matte pages which aren't too shiny. The paper is at least 120gsm (no thicker really) and is a pleasing off-white colour. Bright white hurts my eyes. In it are photographs which you could literally look at everyday and find something new in. It's that feeling one gets when they can't help but keep looking and have no idea why. As for the text, it will be a really odd (if not in bad taste) mixture of handwriting and Helvetica (bold, oblique..the mix). The colours are crisp, and well thought out. As little bear liked it (ohnonotinthatway), the thickness is just right.

Nothing is out of place, unless you look really hard. And that will irk you for the rest of your life.