Charly,
embosing is what bookbinders call 'finishing' as it is the very last task to be done. Every single letter is done by hand and the entire word is worked by 'eye'. So there is no type slug as you would use in mass production and printing. The title running down the spine (American Style) is made up of 22 individual componants each one may have been put in three or four times to ensure an even colour and crisp alignment. Oh yes, the entire thing is done hot and without guides or aids.
The same applies to cover, the pattern is actually made out of gold dots about 1.25mm across so the density of dots gives shading and curvature. There is a couple of thousand dots on it.
Follow this link and you will see my team working on the biggest books in the world, all leather is cut with Dave Budd kinves (plug, plug
).
http://www.royalcollection.org.uk/c...ca/the-rebinding-of-audubons-birds-of-america
Sandsnakes
embosing is what bookbinders call 'finishing' as it is the very last task to be done. Every single letter is done by hand and the entire word is worked by 'eye'. So there is no type slug as you would use in mass production and printing. The title running down the spine (American Style) is made up of 22 individual componants each one may have been put in three or four times to ensure an even colour and crisp alignment. Oh yes, the entire thing is done hot and without guides or aids.
The same applies to cover, the pattern is actually made out of gold dots about 1.25mm across so the density of dots gives shading and curvature. There is a couple of thousand dots on it.
Follow this link and you will see my team working on the biggest books in the world, all leather is cut with Dave Budd kinves (plug, plug
).http://www.royalcollection.org.uk/c...ca/the-rebinding-of-audubons-birds-of-america
Sandsnakes
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