DAS Bookbinding

Spine Swell and How to Manage It (3x10)

Air date: Mar 13, 2021

Swell is the additional thickness at the spine of a book due to the sewing thread inside the sections. Some books require little or no swell, while some book structures require a specific amount of #swell. This video demonstrates what determines the amount of swell and how to design a book to change the resulting swell.