At 420 pages, this comprehensive reference guide explores bookbinding techniques in start-to-finish detail, explaining all possible options in clear illustrations and easy-to-follow text, making it easy for artists and designers to compare and choose among them. From types of paper to folding methods, to all of the available paperback and hardcover bindings, to finishing techniques and case studies by contemporary designers, Bookbinding is truly the must-have book for professional designers and production staff. Bookbinding is also a work of art in its own right, given an award by the Type Director's Club for typographic excellence.
Author(s): Franziska Morlok, Miriam Waszelewski
Edition: 1
Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press [Chronical Books]
Year: 2018
Language: English
Commentary: TruePDF
Pages: 420
Tags: Bookbinding: Handbooks, Manuals, etc; Bookbinding
Cover
Title
Copyright
Contents
Basics
Folding and binding techniques
Constructing a softcover book
Constructing a hardcover book
Overview of different covers
Different kinds of fore-edge
How to develop a print project
The concept: Developing and realizing a publication
Format
Paper and sheet sizes
ISO Formats
American book formats
Paper
Composition and manufacture
The tactile qualities of paper
Surface texture
Roughness and smoothness
The visual characteristics of paper
Colour, brightness and whiteness
Opacity
Lightfastness
The technical characteristics of paper
Paper weight
Bulk
Considerations resulting from manufacture
Machine direction
How to identify the machine direction
Bend test
Tear test
Fingernail test
Fold test
Moisture test
Printed sheets
Manufacturing printed sheets: general principles
Imposition
The layout of a printed sheet
Crop marks and bleed area
Bleed
Registration marks
Fold marks
Collating marks
Signature marks/page information
Colour bars
Useful information: The printed sheet
Creep
Doubling the image in the gutter
Registration
Useful information: Book blocks
Book-block thickness
Dummies
The title on the spine
The printing process and binding styles
Industrial and hand bookbinding
How does the production process work?
Books on demand
Estimates
Request for a print estimate
Paper order
Request for a binding estimate4
What happens in a bindery
The book as an objet d’art
Bookbinding, reinterpreted: Twelve interesting examples
Overview: Binding techniques
Folding
Parallel folds
Single fold
Variant: Asymmetrical fold
Multi-sheet fold
Roll fold
Double parallel fold Parallel centre fold, quarter fold)
Triple parallel fold
Gate fold (window fold)
Open gate fold
Accordion fold (zigzag fold, Z-fold)
Stepped fold
Cross folds
Classic cross fold
Three-fold cross fold
Four-fold cross fold
Combination folds
Poster booklet fold
Thickness, extent
Materials
Timescale
Costs, print runs
Wire
Saddle stitching
Side stitching
Glue
Perfect binding
Perfect binding
Double-fan adhesive binding
Padding
Fold gluing
Lay-flat binding
Thread
Thread sewing
Pamphlet sewing
Thread-and-knot sewing
Singer sewing (lock-stitch sewing)
Side sewing
Side singer sewing
Japanese stab binding (Chinese binding)
Thread sealing
Binding systems
Spiral and comb binding
Spiral binding
Ring-wire binding
Plastic comb binding
Binding rings
Screws, rivets, eyelets
Spine bars and springback binders
Rubber-band binding
The soft cover: Softcover books
Single-sheet softcover with 360-degree rotation
Single-sheet softcover with 360-degree rotation
Single-sheet softcover with 360-degree rotation: Variants
Side-bound softcover
Side-bound softcover
Softcover bound along the spine fold
Softcover bound along the spine fold
Dos-à-dos binding (Z-binding)
Softcovers: Common styles
Standard softcover
Softcover with flaps
Blank softcover with jacket and flaps
Blank softcover with drawn-on jacket and flaps
Tape-bound softcover
Swiss binding
Kösel EB 500
Softcover with a detached spine
Softcover with a detached spine
Softcover with a detached spine: Variants
Flush board binding with spine backing
Flush board binding with spine backing
The hard cover: Hardcover books
Single-piece cases
Cases made of synthetic material
Single-piece cases
Multi-piece case bindings
3- and 4-piece cases: Full binding
5- and 6-piece cases: Half binding
Padded cases
Additional information: Design specifications
Interior paper
Endpapers
Case materials
Covering materials
Soft covers
Dust jackets
Bellybands
Head and tail bands
Folding plates, fold-outs, centre folds, fold-ins
Finishing techniques
Ribbons (bookmarks)
Rounded spines
Rounded corners
Appendices
Glossary: More than 285 technical terms from the book, with brief explanations
Afterword
Acknowledgements
Sources and credits
