http://briansawyer.net/2006/05/25/stitch-the-signatures/ Wed, 21 Jul 2010 12:49:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://briansawyer.net/2006/05/25/stitch-the-signatures/#comment-13148 Pharmacotherapy Thu, 20 Aug 2009 09:24:58 +0000 http://briansawyer.wordpress.com/2006/10/13/stitch-the-signatures/#comment-13148 [...] The method is not exact, but after looking at as many DIY bookbinding tutorials as I could bear I settled on what I thought was the best and most efficient way of making a hardy, hand-bound book. Typeset in nicely-kerned Helvetica and Univers 45, the book was printed on A4 paper, two-to-a-side, four-to-a-page in eight-sheet signatures (the industry term for a single ‘fold’ of sheets. Have a look at the spine of a commercial book; you’ll see them). Each signature had four holes put through its centre, and with the folded signatures stacked on top of each other they were sewn one to the second, the second to the third and so on; a kettle-stitch. [...] [...] The method is not exact, but after looking at as many DIY bookbinding tutorials as I could bear I settled on what I thought was the best and most efficient way of making a hardy, hand-bound book. Typeset in nicely-kerned Helvetica and Univers 45, the book was printed on A4 paper, two-to-a-side, four-to-a-page in eight-sheet signatures (the industry term for a single ‘fold’ of sheets. Have a look at the spine of a commercial book; you’ll see them). Each signature had four holes put through its centre, and with the folded signatures stacked on top of each other they were sewn one to the second, the second to the third and so on; a kettle-stitch. [...]

]]> http://briansawyer.net/2006/05/25/stitch-the-signatures/#comment-12066 Introduction to Olde-School Bookbinding « Brian Sawyer Sun, 22 Jun 2008 12:05:25 +0000 http://briansawyer.wordpress.com/2006/10/13/stitch-the-signatures/#comment-12066 [...] Shorter magazines are often saddle-stitch bound (longer sheets, representing two leaves each, are folded and stapled at their spine), which actually cuts out a number of steps for hand binding. If you’ve decided to bind a saddle-stitched magazine (or several into a single book), you’ve saved yourself a lot of trouble and can skip ahead to stitching the signatures. [...] [...] Shorter magazines are often saddle-stitch bound (longer sheets, representing two leaves each, are folded and stapled at their spine), which actually cuts out a number of steps for hand binding. If you’ve decided to bind a saddle-stitched magazine (or several into a single book), you’ve saved yourself a lot of trouble and can skip ahead to stitching the signatures. [...]

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