Perfect-bound manuals

Subject: Perfect-bound manuals
From: Laurence Burrows <burrows -at- IBM -dot- NET>
Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1998 13:58:14 +1100

Nancy Burns wrote:

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...issues to consider for perfect binding covers, such as design
considerations for varying book thicknesses, which affect the spine and
back cover design,...
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A good technique is to make your spine and back covers the same color, with
any lettering on the spine running along the spine and positioned closer to
the front cover.

________ Front
|
|____________ Back "tail" exaggerated for illustrative purposes.

This allows your printer / bindery to fold the cover to match the finished
thickness of the book(s) -- as the can vary from one production run to the
next. After binding, the finished book is trimmed, including the oversize
"tail" on the back cover.

Even cheaper -- you can use the same cover for _all_ books by having a
cutout for the title (which is printed on the title page <g>) and generic
identifying text "Blah Corp Software" printed on the spine.

Careful design will allow the same cover to work for books 1/2 inch to 2
inches thick.

Regards,

....................................................
Laurence Burrows, Navex Pty Ltd
mailto:burrows -at- ibm -dot- net, 100026 -dot- 172 -at- compuserve -dot- com
tel: +61 3 9602 4533 fax: +61 3 9602 4854
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