Gallery: High Yield, Future Tense Is a Gorgeous Book About Finance. Yes, Finance

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    Pentagram designed a finance book for the New York Society of Security Analysts.
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    The book is about high yield bonds.
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    Though it doesn't look like it at all.
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    Pentagram partner Eddie Opara explains that he wanted to make financial information fun.
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    The cover features four different typefaces that correlate to different sections of the book.
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    Opara used color to differentiate sections.
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    He and his team create infographics that were visually compelling while still being accurate.
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    The book uses tones of the same four colors to highlight information.
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    Important information gets blown up.
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    The book uses typefaces to create a visual hierarchy as well.
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    Opara says there's no reason for financial information to be boring.
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    The inside gutter of the book has a subtle gradient to make it glow.
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    The book's gilded edges.
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