Books use words, pictures, and other symbols to record various knowledge on certain materials, clearly express thoughts, and make works in volumes, which are important tools for spreading various knowledge and thoughts and accumulating human culture. With the development of history, it is constantly changing and changing in terms of writing methods, materials and binding…
The development of publishing and printing technology Publishing and printing refers to a printing method in which text and images are edited, designed, printed, and publicly distributed. It uses paper as the main printing material, and its printed materials such as newspapers, books, periodicals, magazines, picture albums, etc. Publishing printing can also be said to…
Illustration design is an important factor in active book content. With it, readers’ imagination and understanding of the content can be exerted more, and a kind of artistic enjoyment can be obtained. This is especially true for children’s books, because children’s brains are not well developed and they lack a rational understanding of things. Only…
Books are not ordinary commodities, but a kind of culture. Therefore, in the cover design, even if it is a line, a line of words, an abstract symbol, or one or two colors, it must have a certain design idea. There must be both content and beauty at the same time. Achieve both elegance and…
How to design the text layout for a book? The text layout design is the focus of book binding. The following key points should be mastered when designing: 1. The relationship between the type, size, kerning and line spacing of the body font. 2. The font and font size meet the requirements of people of…
Cover design is an important part of book binding design. 1. Children’s books are more lively in form. Children’s illustrations are often used as the main graphics in the design, and lively and childish texts are used to form the cover of the book. 2. Picture album books are generally close to a square format,…
How to design a book cover? Cover design is the facade of book binding design art, which reflects the content of books in the form of artistic image design. In today’s dazzling array of books, the cover of the book acts as a silent salesman, and its quality will directly affect people’s desire to buy…
Book binding is the decoration design work in the book production process. Also known as book art. Book binding is the integration of materials and craftsmanship, ideas and art, appearance and content, part and whole into a harmonious and beautiful overall art in the book production process. Book binding design is the general term for…
Book layout rules The typesetting of books, especially the system table, is a relatively complicated task in typesetting technology. The operation must be skilled in order to make the discharged books beautiful and eye-catching. The classification and composition of books, books are called tables for short. It is an effective form of expression of experimental…
Introduction to book layout terms 1. Layout: Layout is all forms of book pages, including the sum of pictures and blanks in the format. The graphic part is the center of the plate, the header, the page number, the center seam, etc., and the blank part is the white border with no words around the…
What is the book layout? The book layout is based on pages. Each layout is composed of texts, diagrams, etc. of different sizes in accordance with unified technical specifications. In the same book, regardless of its format and content, the text must be uniform in font size, line length, line spacing, etc., to maintain the…
Book binding The production of paperback and hardcover books includes various forms of mechanization and linkage operations. The main production processes such as folding, collating, book binding, wrapping, book cutting and rounding, spine lifting, and shelling are all equipped with special machinery. Various single machines such as ordering, bagging, and cutting between related processes, such…
What’s book binding? The general term for the process of processing from printed sheets into books. The binding quality directly affects the reading, preservation and binding artistic effects of the books and periodicals. The length of the binding cycle is one of the main factors for the length of the book printing cycle. Different…
Hardcover book printing quality inspection ① Separate editions, especially if foreign-funded factories print multiple editions of the same book, without mixing editions, pay attention to graphics, text, logos, etc. ②The front and back printing has no misprinting, and the front and back printing is aligned, the overprinting is accurate, and the error is ≤0.2mm. ③Printing…
Hardcover book printing process A process of making hardcover books with a single machine and by hand. The process is divided into three lines, namely book block, book cover and sleeve. Book block processing flow: start of semi-finished printed sheet → bumping → cutting → gluing and sleeve pages → gluing ring lining → collating…
How to improve the printing quality of books? The printing quality of books and periodicals directly reflects the overall level of a country’s printing and related industries. To truly improve the printing quality of Chinese books and periodicals, it is impossible to rely solely on the efforts of which department. However, it is necessary for…
What is the reason for poor printing quality of books? There are many factors that cause the low-quality printing of books and periodicals, including obsolete equipment. The quality of raw materials is poor, and the technical level of workers is low. The most important reason is that the publishing management department, the quality management awareness…
The following trends may appear in the future: 1. Integrated operation of large and medium-sized publishing institutions; 2. The cooperation between publishing institutions and technology providers will be further deepened; 3. Small and medium-sized publishing organizations will take the road of service outsourcing; 4. New types of digital publishing institutions continue to emerge, mainly in…
In terms of paper, light-weight paper has become a new choice for children’s book printing due to its light weight and low price. Coated paper is coated with chemical coatings on ordinary paper, but light paper is basically made of wood pulp, so it is more environmentally friendly. Although the colors printed on light paper…
The production of children’s books is also rich and varied in format, ranging from large to small, but small but large, sometimes even more than half a newspaper. Due to the different ratios of length and width, there is also a difference between horizontal and vertical format. The world’s earliest mini-format picture book is undoubtedly…
