Bookbinding and the Conservation of Books
A Dictionary of Descriptive Terminology

Table of Contents

F

• f
• fabric
• fabric bindings
• fabric book cloth
• fabrikoid
• face
• faced
• faced cloth
• facsimile binding
• facsimile leaf
• facsimilist
• fadeometer
• fading
• fair agate
• fair calf
• fall in
• false back
• false bands
• fancy Dutch marble
• fancy hand tools
• fancy marble
• fanfare style
• fanning out
• fan style
• fascicle
• fast back
• fast colors
• fatigue failure
• fatliquoring
• fats
• fat tanning
• fatty acids
• faulty margin
• feather edge
• feathering
• feather ornament
• feather stitch
• featherweight
• featherweight book paper
• feather work
• feeder
• feel
• felt
• felted
• felted fibers
• felting
• felt side
• fence
• fenders
• Ferrar, Nicholas
• ferrous sulfate
• festoon drying
• fiber
• fiber boards
• fiber composition
• fiberize
• fiber orientation
• fibrilae
• fibrillation
• fibrils
• fibroblasts
• fiddle stitching
• filigree doublures
• fill
• filled
• filler
• filler clay
• fillet
• fillet pad
• fillet rolls
• filling
• filling in
• film forming
• fine paper copy
• fine red
• fines
• finish
• finish break
• finisher
• finishing
• finishing press
• finishing stand
• finishing stove
• finishing tools
• firmness of leather
• first binding
• first edition
• first impression
• first lining
• firsts
• fish glue
• fish grained split
• fish scales
• fixation value
• fixative
• fixed back
• fixed tannin
• flag
• flaking
• flange
• flat back binding
• flat back case binding
• flat cut index
• flat finish
• flats
• flat spine
• flax
• flaying
• flea seed
• flesher
• fleshing
• flesh side
• flesh split
• fleur-de-lis-lozenge
• fleuron
• flexible adhesives
• flexible endpaper
• flexible glue
• flexible not to show
• flexible sewing
• flexural strength
• flint hides
• flock paper
• flock powder
• floriated
• floss
• flour
• flourish style
• flower-headed rivet
• fluffing
• flush
• flush board binding
• fly embossing press
• flying out
• fly leaf
• flyswing
• Fogel, Johannes
• foil
• fold and dye papers
• fold binder
• folded book
• folder
• folding
• folding book
• folding endurance
• folding in gangs
• folding machines
• folding needle
• foldings
• folding stick
• folding strength
• foldouts
• fold sewing
• fold to paper
• fold to print
• foliaged staff
• foliate
• foliation
• folio
• folio form
• font
• fonthill style
• foot
• footage
• fore edge
• fore-edge binding
• fore-edge margin
• fore-edge painting
• fore-edge tab
• fore-edge title
• forel
• form
• formaldehyde
• formaldehyde tanning
• formalin
• format
• formation
• formic acid
• forming iron
• forril
• fortified size
• forty-eightml"o
• forwarding
• forwarding machine
• forwarding press
• fossil resins
• Fourdrinier machine
• Fourdrinier wire
• foxing
• frame
• franklin guard
• free endpaper
• free water-soluble matter (in leather)
• freezing point
• French cape levant
• French chalk
• French color
• French corner
• French curl marble
• French fillet
• French finish
• French fold
• French gold
• French guard
• French joint
• French kid
• French morocco
• French paring knife
• French sewing
• French shell marble
• French standing press
• French varnish
• fret
• fringed foliage ornament
• frizzing
• front
• front cover
• front edge
• frosted
• frother
• frothing
• f.t.p
• fugitive colors
• full
• full apron
• full binding
• full-bound ends and bands
• full calf t.e.g
• full chrome
• full cloth
• fuller's earth
• full gilt
• full grain
• full law binding
• full leather
• full oil tanning
• full sheep
• full weight
• fumigation
• fungi
• fungicide
• furnish
• fustic

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