Comments on: Moleskine Monday: How Many Signatures http://www.notebookstories.com/2009/03/30/moleskine-monday-how-many-signatures/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed Notebooks, journals, sketchbooks, diaries: in search of the perfect page... Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:14:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Laura Blough http://www.notebookstories.com/2009/03/30/moleskine-monday-how-many-signatures/comment-page-1/#comment-5530 Laura Blough Tue, 07 Apr 2009 15:23:48 +0000 http://www.notebookstories.com/?p=697#comment-5530 My soft cover Mole has 12. My soft cover Mole has 12.

]]> By: david bogie http://www.notebookstories.com/2009/03/30/moleskine-monday-how-many-signatures/comment-page-1/#comment-5099 david bogie Tue, 31 Mar 2009 12:37:36 +0000 http://www.notebookstories.com/?p=697#comment-5099 In bookbinding, a signature is a group of leaves, sewn together, and then gathered with other similar groups to form that "text block." The dimensions of the press and paper sheets determine the number of leaves but a signature always has a number of pages that is a multiple of 4. from www.sfu.ca (just google bookbinding): "The pages of a hardcover book are usually formed by stacking and sewing together, individual booklets composed of six (6) to eight (8) sheets (up to 16 sheets or more if ultra thin paper is used) folded into groups of 12 to 16 page units called signatures (some magazines and soft cover books, such as academic journals are designed with provisions for hardcover binding and thus have pages arranged into signatures). Signatures are then sewn together into a single unit called a text block. Therefore, the text block, consisting of the pages (leaves) of the book, forms the main body of the book." david boise ID In bookbinding, a signature is a group of leaves, sewn together, and then gathered with other similar groups to form that “text block.” The dimensions of the press and paper sheets determine the number of leaves but a signature always has a number of pages that is a multiple of 4.
from http://www.sfu.ca (just google bookbinding):
“The pages of a hardcover book are usually formed by stacking and sewing together, individual booklets composed of six (6) to eight (8) sheets (up to 16 sheets or more if ultra thin paper is used) folded into groups of 12 to 16 page units called signatures (some magazines and soft cover books, such as academic journals are designed with provisions for hardcover binding and thus have pages arranged into signatures). Signatures are then sewn together into a single unit called a text block. Therefore, the text block, consisting of the pages (leaves) of the book, forms the main body of the book.”

david boise ID

]]> By: Melanie http://www.notebookstories.com/2009/03/30/moleskine-monday-how-many-signatures/comment-page-1/#comment-5068 Melanie Mon, 30 Mar 2009 21:13:34 +0000 http://www.notebookstories.com/?p=697#comment-5068 What is a signature? What is a signature?

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