FASTBACK HARDCOVER GUIDE USER’S MANUAL, REV.:C 06/09/05
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FASTBACK HARDCOVER GUIDE USER’S MANUAL, REV.:C 06/09/05
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GLOSSARY
Like most professions, case binding (hard cover
binding) has its own terminology. Here is a
glossary of terms.
Book cloth
A specially treated woven cloth that is used to
make book covers. It is very rugged and durable.
Fastback Hardcovers come in two styles of cloth
covers: Library Cloth covers, which are designed
for durability in high-use environments, and
Art Cloth covers, which are designed for art and
photography books. The Library Cloth covers
feature more muted colors than Art Cloth
covers.
Book block
This is the interior section of the book,
comprised of the printed pages of the book and
the endleaves. It is important to note that the
size specification of a Hardcover is based on the
size the book block. A 6” × 9” Hardcover,
for instance, indicates that the book block is
6” × 9”, not that the cover is 6” × 9”.
Case
The term used in the binding industry for hard
covers.
Case Binding
This is the traditional method of making a
hard cover book.
Endleaf
A thick sheet of paper that is folded in half, and
used to attach the book block to the cover.
Two endleaves are used to make each book.
A
BOOK BLOCK
B
ENDLEAVES
C
LINEN STRIP
D
HEADBAND
E
CASE (HARD COVER)
B
A
E
C
D
