Typesetting Loss is a long poem by Joseph Jude—a meditation on shapes and patterns, as they relate to the movement of people in and out of one’s life. Jude’s personal record of longing centers on a mid-twentieth century factory sign, visible from the apartment in which the story is set. The sign prompts a reflection on Jakob Erbar’s famous geometric type design, which, in a moment of profound uncertainty, offers the narrator a sense of order and stability. Loose-leaf, unbound pages, the form of the book-object meets the feeling of unmooring and displacement that come with loss. Jude’s poem is accompanied by drawings by Susanne Schwieter, and designed by Ayman Hassan.