Typography Porn

Penguin Classics recently released a new translation of Vatsyayana’s Kama Sutra. I must say that, despite have little interest in reading the book in the past, the new design makes me wish I owned a copy:

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The porno-typography is the work of illustrator Malika Favre, and the new edition “offers a compelling modern translation of a classic Indian masterpiece-and a wry and entertaining account of human desire and foibles,” according to Penguin’s website.

Have you ever read the Kama Sutra? If so, what did you think?

(via the Caustic Cover Critic blog.)