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  2. Comb binding - Wikipedia

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    If hard covers are desired, they must be punched as well. In bulk applications, a paper drilling machine may be used. Then the user chooses a spine size that will match the document. Standard sizes are 4.8 mm (3 ⁄ 16 in) (for 16 sheets of 20# paper) up to 51 mm (2 in) (for 425 sheets). Spine lengths are generally 280 mm (11 in) to match the ...

  3. Library binding - Wikipedia

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    But if the paper of the volume is too fragile, or the book block is too thick, the spine is left flat. The book block is placed in a sturdy cover or case, with special paper covering the inside covers. [1] The most common cloth used by library binders to cover the boards of the book is buckram coated with acrylic. Acrylic coatings are generally ...

  4. Endpaper - Wikipedia

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    The cloth holds the stitches and prevents the paper from perforating and tearing. Other styles are designed for use with perfect binders. [4] Combined and Universal Endsheets are loaded into the cover feeder of an automatic perfect binder and attached – instead of the soft cover – automatically, producing a book block reinforced from head ...

  5. Bookbinding - Wikipedia

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    A text block is a collection of sections or leaves bound together, which can be attached to a case (book cover) to form a book. [43] A codex is a series of quires sewn and bound through the folds. [citation needed] Folio and quarto refer to the size of the finished book, based on the sheet size that a paper maker could produce with a manual ...

  6. Watercolor paper - Wikipedia

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    Watercolor paper can be made of wood pulp exclusively, or mixed with cotton fibers. Pure cotton watercolor paper is also used by artists, though it typically costs more than pulp-based paper. It is also available as an acid-free medium to help its preservation. [2] Watercolor paper can be described according to the manufacturing process.

  7. Book cover - Wikipedia

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    Front cover of the St Cuthbert Gospel, c. 700; the original tooled red goatskin binding is the earliest surviving Western binding.. A book cover is any protective covering used to bind together the pages of a book.

  8. List of art media - Wikipedia

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    Media, or mediums, are the core types of material (or related other tools) used by an artist, composer, designer, etc. to create a work of art. [1] For example, a visual artist may broadly use the media of painting or sculpting, which themselves have more specific media within them, such as watercolor paints or marble.

  9. Fore-edge painting - Wikipedia

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    To begin a fore-edge painting artists clamped the slightly fanned pages of a book between the boards of a special press that held them in place while keeping pressure off the cover boards. [2] While the paints used for fore-edge paintings are watercolors, artists needed to use them carefully.