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Re: [BKARTS] Question about titling books -- from a student
April,
I would suggest that the cheapest way to get into titling is by buying a
hand palette, using a hot plate and letterpress or kwikprint letters.
Dave
Beddall Bookbinding Conservation & Restoration
840 Snowdrop Ave. Victoria BC V8Z 2N4
(250)888-9380 http://www.Bookbinder.ca
april wrote:
Hi all! I'm trying to figure out the best way to title/stamp/emboss a
book, and if there's any way to do this inexpensively. I looked into
using leather stamps, but I can only find uppercase leather stamps,
which really bugs me. (I'm sure you guys understand typography
pickiness. :) ) The closest thing I've found to what I'm looking for
is using an inkjet printer to print on book cloth and then use
embossing powder and a heat gun to get it to stay -- but I don't have
a working inkjet printer right now, only a laser printer. Any ideas
for a way to permanently letter cloth for a spine? I'll be taking
intro to printing at school this fall, so I could use the letterpress
then, but that's a ways off. I've got stuff for stenciling, but I'm
concerned about that not being very crisp. (I'm not the best stenciler).
I'm not super picky about font -- serif or sans-serif will be fine --
just anything but solid uppercase!
If nothing else I'm going to give up and make laser-printed tags on
cardstock to fix to the front of a book, but I'd really like some way
to stamp/emboss/stencil the spine without spending a ton of money. If
it comes down to that -- any suggestions for how to make this more
permanent/less tacky looking?
is this possible?
thank you so much in advance!
~april
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