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Tooling (bookbinding)

Tooling in bookbinding is the decoration of a book by impressing engraved tools into the spine, boards, edges of boards, inside of boards, and/or edges of the bookblock (the group of leaves that make up the book). Tooling can be blind, where no additional decoration is applied, or can use metal leaf, most commonly gold. The word "tooling" implies the use…

Tools, Blind tooling & Overview