Perfect Bound: Fit for a "King"
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Brian Howard
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The Die is Cast
The metal plate used to create the embossing—aka the blind stamp—went through several iterations (above). Earlier versions were less intricate. “I’m looking at one right now,” says Spall. “The text is kind of blocky, there’s none of that Spirograph type of design. There’s just a border and a little starburst. [McSweeney’s] may have been trying different types of design elements to see how [they] looked when stamped.” Spall says mulitiple rounds of test stamps allowed the printer and publisher to get things just right.
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- Companies:
- Book Expo America
- Thomson-Shore Inc.
- Places:
- Dexter, MI
- San Francisco
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