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April 19, 2017
Luxeboard for softcover books
Testing Holliston’s Luxeboard as a nice alternative for perfect bind book covers. Luxeboard is a printable cloth mounted over paper and has the feel and durability of a hardcover book, for much less expense.
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April 10, 2017
Silver gilding
The edges of this book were gilded for us by New Hampshire Bindery. From their website: “Gilding – A process where each edge of a book is sanded and polished; then a thin film of gold or silver foil is transferred onto them with a heated silicon rubber roll. Gilding protects pages from the natural oils of the human hand.”
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February 17, 2017
Hand sewn binding
This stab binding was done by our designer Christyann, who is also a craft and custom greeting card expert.
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January 24, 2017
Gloss and dull lamination
We do a lot of book covers using dull lamination because it has a really nice feel, and no glare. However, gloss lamination really enhances the colors and has a beautiful rich look – especially over darker colors. This photo shows the same press sheet with nylon gloss lamination (top) and matte scuff-free (bottom).
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January 2, 2017
Edge staining
This is a sample test of edge staining done for us by New Hampshire Bindery. The book block is sprayed with dye; once dry it is cased into the covers.
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October 13, 2016
Foil stamping tests on cloth
AcmeBinding recently provided these tests of different foils on a variety of cloths. There is a pretty big variation in quality throughout the different combinations.
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