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Spray powder

Printing & publishing; Paper

A powder used at press to prevent setoff (offset) of wet ink; also called anti-offset spray.

Sewn book

Printing & publishing; Paper

A popular style of bookbinding; in which the signatures are gathered in sequence and then sewn individually in 8s, 16s, or 32s. The sewing threads are visible at the centre of each signature.

Loose back

Printing & publishing; Paper

A popular style of binding, in which the spine binding material is not glued to the binding edge of the sheets.

Stitched book

Printing & publishing; Paper

A popular method of sewing the signatures of a book together by stitching all the sheets at one time, either through the centre of the inserted sheets or side-stitched from front to back. A very ...