Finally, a clear explanation of the origin of that wonder of book design elements: rough front or rough edge paper. I love this touch, even if a month didn’t go by in my bookstore days with a customer thinking the book was defective. Check out this site for a longer bit about book production and then the fore-edge/rough edge explanation.
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Posted by: MIchael Kindness | January 23, 2006 at 08:56 AM