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PO Box 11088
Wellington
Phone: NZ 0800 999 339
Wellington: 04 473 3631
Email: info@wakefields.co.nz
108 Wakefield Street, Wellington, NZ | Email: info@wakefields.co.nz | Phone: NZ 0800 999 339 Wgtn 04 473 3631 | FILE UPLOAD
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Like timber, almost all paper has a grain. That is, it bends more easily one direction than it does the other. If you bind a book with the paper grain opposing the binding, the book will not open as well, it will tend to warp/wrinkle at the binding edge and it will not be as strong.
The grain of the paper should be running parallel to the binding edge. Yet sometimes it is difficult to judge which direction the grain runs in. With thinner papers it is harder to tell the grain direction, heavier papers are more obvious and easier to determine.
Here are three quick tests to check for grain direction:
Almost all A4 photocopy paper is cut so that it is suitable for binding on the long edge (portrait). This suits many people as portrait A4 books are much more common than landscape ones.
CONTACT US
108 Wakefield Street
PO Box 11088
Wellington
Phone: NZ 0800 999 339
Wellington: 04 473 3631
Email: info@wakefields.co.nz