Case Laminate and Digital Cloth Hard Cover

Case Laminate Cover Template

Case laminate covers can have the most variation between the template and the bound book. The case laminate cover template contains two areas that must be taken into consideration when designing the cover, the hinge (gutter) and the wrap. Case laminate cover templates display a 0.5 in / 13mm hinge area where the spine board is connected to the front and back cover boards. On the bound book, this area will be pliable and have a slight indention. Make sure there are no important design elements in the hinge area. Case laminate templates also indicate a 0.625 in / 15mm wrap area. This outer area wraps around the cover boards to the inside cover and the inside of the cover is covered with the white end sheets.

With these areas in mind, there are two ways to approach the case laminate cover design. One approach is to center the front cover from the spine edge to the outside edge of the cover board (including the hinge area). The other approach is to center the cover elements to the front cover boards (the pink safe area on the templates). This will center the cover elements on the front and back cover boards. The eproof and marketing image assumes this second approach and will only show the area within the boundaries of the cover boards. This is visually different than the bound book, which includes the hinge area.

Digital Cloth Bound Book:

Digital cloth bound books are available in either Navy or Grey and up to 42 characters may be stamped on the spine of the book.

The available characters include:

• The 26 upper and lowercase English-alpha letters
• Numerals 1-10
• Space
• Period
• Comma
• Hyphen
• Quote
• Apostrophe
• Two parentheses
  

Please write the text exactly as it should appear on the finished book. The digital cloth spine text may match or be different from the Title and Contributor information entered under the General Information section for the book.

Font used for Digital Cloth is: ITC Cheltenham Bold, 18pt size.