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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In bookbinding, an effect produced by various instruments upon the leather without the assistance of gold-leaf.
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- noun A
bookbinding technique in whichdecorations to thecover of abook are made by makingimpressions into thesurface with a variety ofheated tools .
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reesetee commented on the word blind tooling
A method of decorating a book in which impressions are made in the covering material (usually leather) using heated tools, pallets, rolls, fillets, or combinations of one or more of these. As the name implies, blind tooling doesn't entail the use of leaf metal, foil, or other coloring materials, although carbon is sometimes used to darken the impressions.
November 7, 2007