Book Terminology Gutter

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Book terminology gutter.

Can you guess which first edition cover the image above comes from. Adjacent inner margins of facing pages when book is open. See our page of descriptive terms. And no you don t have to keep your mind out of it.

Headband tailbands headbands are coloured threads normally mercerized cotton or silk which are wrapped around a core of some sort normally vellum backed with leather and are. It s important to know all the gutter parts and terms so if anything goes wrong or you just need to do some simple maintenance you know what s happening and how you can fix it. These two products have binding types that are clamped and held together with glue. It s best to apply a 1 2 inch margin to both sides of the gutter or 1 inch in total.

When it comes to yearbooks a gutter is the space between two facing pages an important place to keep clear because when a yearbook is bound the space between the pages shrinks. This process will cause a curve of the pages coming from the spine when the book is open. A gutter is the section of the page that leads into the binding of perfect bound books and hard cover books. Often used interchangeably with the term joint which should be used to designate the outside or exterior portion of the.

So don t be the dummy who didn t know his face from the gutter who turns out spineless and half bound please note. Half binding a book which has had its spine and corners covered in one material such as cloth or leather and the rest of the front and rear covers covered in another such as boards paper or cloth. Read the rules here. Gutter parts and terminology explained just like your windows siding and doors gutters have their own variety of connecting parts that make them function properly.

Keep that in mind when laying out your book page. When you re looking at a book page spread you ll have two gutters together doubling the apparent space. Seuss s first published book. Gutter inner margins of two facing pages.

Gutter margin margins are the blank spaces around the type area on a book page but the inside margin has the special name gutter and it is always the margin on the bound edge of the book page. Cranky is now retired and no longer rebinding books. The inner margin of the leaves of a bound book. Hinge the hinge of a book is the section between the cover boards and the spine it s the part that bends when the book is opened.

Cranky says bookbinding has its own unique terminology. If you have a book needing rebinding please check the recommendation message on the home page. This in contrast to a book quarter bound which has a spine covered in one material and the boards covered in another. The inside portion of the flexible area where book cover meets the book spine.