Glossary

Like any industry, ours uses terms that may be unfamiliar to you. This will help you make sense of these terms.

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quarter binding
Using one material for a book's front and back covers and a different material for its spine (e.g., cloth covers with leather spine).
quartertone
A quarter on a visual tone value. See also: midtone.
quarto
Folding a paper into four leaves, thus forming eight pages. This method can be used to form brochures or booklets.
quire
5% (1/20) of a paper ream. The quantity varies from 24 sheets (coarse papers), to 25 sheets (fine papers).