Facing
The material used to finish book boards. Cloth, artificial leather, laminated coated paper, BO paper, etc. may be used.
FEFCO
The FEFCO catalogue is the European code of cardboard products that includes basic and standard types of cardboard product designs, including internal fixation, using simple international symbols.
Flyleaf
A blank page anywhere in a book
Fold
A place where paper overlaps as a result of folding
Folding
Folding printed sheets to the desired size
Folding board books
Several individual cardboard segments connected by flexible cloth and with illustrations on both sides that fold together in an alternating pattern and trimmed on the top and bottom.
Format
The dimension of a print expressed by width and height (with depth used in the case of 3D materials), with standard formats specified as follows:
A – formats B – formats C – formats
A0 – 841 x 1189 mm B0 – 1000 x 1414 mm C0 – 917 x 1297 mm
A1 – 594 x 841 mm B1 – 707 x 1000 mm C1 – 648 x 917 mm
A2 – 420 x 594 mm B2 – 500 x 707 mm C2 – 458 x 648 mm
A3 – 297 x 420 mm B3 – 353 x 500 mm C3 – 324 x 458 mm
A4 – 210 x 297 mm B4 – 250 x 353 mm C4 – 229 x 324 mm
A5 – 148 x 210 mm B5 – 176 x 250 mm C5 – 162 x 229 mm
A6 – 105 x 148 mm B6 – 125 x 176 mm C6 – 114 x 162 mm
A7 – 74 x 105 mm B7 – 88 x 125 mm C7 – 81 x 114 mm
A8 – 52 x 74 mm B8 – 62 x 88 mm C8 – 57 x 81 mm