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TOPICS ON THE BOOK

Related to book materials, production, and preservation

All the basics of the material book, labeled and glossed for you to explore and know the definitions

Paper production, it's history, and how it's now conserved in modern binderies and libraries

How type is cut, compiled, set and inked, as well as the development of today's typefaces

The Basics, Paper, and Typeface

Illustration, Binding, and Covers

How print illustrations are done and popular designs of certain periods

Examples of different bindings and sewings, how it they are done by hand and machine

Watch conservation done by The Bookworm at BCR Bookbinding