LITERARY FICTION Fiction
Meridian Literary Standard
Inspired by Faber & Faber / Knopf Literary Fiction
Designed for literary novels, narrative memoirs, and high-end essay collections. Built around Jan Tschichold’s Sabon proportions with optical margin protrusion, true small caps, and traditional recto/verso running headers.
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Typography & Format Specs
Body Typeface: EB Garamond / Sabon with OldStyle Figures & True Small Caps
Display Typeface: Sabon Titling / Garamond Small Caps
Paper Standard: Cream Paper (50-61#)
Page Count Range: 180 – 520 pages
Agent-Native Workflow
1-Click Ingestion Prompt for Meridian Literary Standard
Hand this prompt to Claude Code, Cursor, or OpenCode with your draft manuscript.
You are typesetting my literary fiction manuscript using the Literary Standard LaTeX package. Split chapters into content/chapter*.tex, apply traditional running headers, format scene breaks with \fleuron, and compile with ./build.sh.
Design & Typography Features
- Sabon / EB Garamond optical kerning and true small-cap numerals
- Traditional running headers (Author/Book on Verso, Chapter Title on Recto)
- Elegant typographic fleuron scene break separators
- Generous margins tuned for physical paperback binding
What's in the Package
- literarybook.sty — Core package with Sabon / Garamond geometry
- main.tex — Master document
- build.sh — Build pipeline
- frontmatter/ — Full traditional front matter layout
- cover/cover.tex — Minimalist literary jacket template