Book Terminology Gutter

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.

Book terminology gutter. So don t be the dummy who didn t know his face from the gutter who turns out spineless and half bound please note. If you have a book needing rebinding please check the recommendation message on the home page. Read the rules here. The inside portion of the flexible area where book cover meets the book spine.

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. Home book collecting glossary of terms gutter. And no you don t have to keep your mind out of it. Seuss s first published book.

See our page of descriptive terms. Cranky says bookbinding has its own unique terminology. Take a stab at guessing and be entered to win a 50 biblio gift certificate. Often used interchangeably with the term joint which should be used to designate the outside or exterior portion of the.

Adjacent inner margins of facing pages when book is open. 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. This in contrast to a book quarter bound which has a spine covered in one material and the boards covered in another. When you re looking at a book page spread you ll have two gutters together doubling the apparent space.

The inner margin of the leaves of a bound book. Tail the tail is the bottom part of the book. A gutter is the section of the page that leads into the binding of perfect bound books and hard cover books. Gutter inner margins of two facing pages.

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. Can you guess which first edition cover the image above comes from. This process will cause a curve of the pages coming from the spine when the book is open. Keep that in mind when laying out your book page.

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. Cranky is now retired and no longer rebinding books. 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. 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.