| Binding Edge: | This is the edge that is bound to form the spine. |
| Book Block: | A collection of pages glued together without a cover. |
| Cameo Window: | Is fully cut-out and the print is mounted beneath the cover. |
| Endpapers: | The pages at the front and back of the book, glued to the cover, sometime known as the flyleaf. |
| Folio: | This is when your book is open and you see 2 sides, including the left and right. |
| Fore Edge: | The edge of the book that opens, parallel to the spine. |
| Landscape: | A horizontal book – spine on the short edge. Eg. 11x14 means it will be 11” high and 14” wide. |
| Leaf: | A single sheet of paper in a book (two sides). When a folio is folded in half it forms 2 leaves which gives you 4 sides. |
| Page: | One side of a leaf. We just call it a side. |
| Perfect Binding: | This is where we glue single pages together. |
| Photo Inlay: | A photo is mounted to an inlay in the cover. |
| Portrait: | A vertical book – spine on the long edge. Eg. 14x11 means it will be 14” high and 11” wide. |
| Quarter Binding: | This is where the spine of the book is covered in a different material, or colour, than the rest of the book. |
| Sections: | A group of folios prepared for sewing. |
| Spine: | The side of the book where the pages have been glued together. |
| Stab-Sewn: | This is where the stitching of the spine is done vertically through the pages. |
| Typesetting: | Individual letters set in Ludlow metal to create a word for embossing. |
