Hiding 's structure is based on the five chapters and a number of subtexts that interlace the central narrative. From the beginning we had decided it was not our intention to create expressive typography. We determined instead that the book should toy with the structure of traditional academic texts. We also decided that we would compose the pages to exaggerate the two-dimensional qualities of the relationships rather than create the illusion of depth or transparency. We wanted these pages to be flat.
Hiding begins with a reversal.
The Library of Congress cataloging information is inflated to a title page. But the early pages of the preface and chapter 1 are quite innocuous. As the book progress, that simplicity begins to break down. Aberrant secondary voices rudely interrupt the pretty justification of the core text. Images intrude, the pages get thick with ink and information.