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calligraphy
bookbinding
thumb|A traditional bookbinder at work thumb|Bookbinder's type holder
illuminated manuscript
manuscript in which the text is supplemented by the addition of decoration
page layout
part of graphic design that deals in the arrangement of visual elements on a page
letterpress printing
technique of relief printing using a printing press
woodblock printing
early printing technique
movable type
system of printing and typography that uses movable components
pop-up book
book with moving parts constructed of paper, commonly directed at children
papermaking
thumb|A sheet of fibres which were just collected from the liquid suspension with the screen. The next steps are to press it and to dry it. thumb|The Diamond Sutra of the China|Chinese [[Tang dynasty, the oldest dated printed book in the world, found at Dunhuang, from 868 CE]]
miniature book
very small book
cordel literature
Brazilian literary genre
page number
number itself, which may appear in various places on the page
type case
compartmentalized wooden box used to store movable type used in letterpress printing
cut-up technique
literary technique based on rearranging text
Hollander beater
Dutch machine to produce paper pulp
Book folding
how paper is folded industrially
Basel Paper Mill
museum in Basel (Switzerland)
treasure binding
luxurious book cover using metalwork in gold or silver, jewels, or ivory, perhaps in addition to more usual bookbinding material for book covers such as leather, velvet, or other cloth
conservation and restoration of books, manuscripts, documents and ephemera
profession and academic discipline
fore-edge painting
scene painted on the fore-edges of a book
bone folder
tool
Edible Book Festival
annual event
art of Gothic illumination
Gothic illumination of books and manuscripts
book trimming
Stage in book production process
Cartonera
thumb|Browsing through cartonera books created by Eloísa Cartonera thumb|Cartonera books from Eloísa Cartonera Cartonera is a social, political and artistic publishing movement that began in Argentina in 2003 and has since spread to countries throughout Latin America and, more recently, to Europe and Africa. The founders, Washington Cucurto, Javier Barilaro and Fernanda Laguna started Eloísa Cartonera in Buenos Aires in response to the 2001 economic crisis in which the Argentine peso plummeted to one third of its value. The difficult economic situation led to an increase in the number of carto