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Natural Color
Very light brown color of paper. May also be called antique, cream, ivory, off-white or mellow white.
Nested
Signatures assembled inside one another in the proper sequence for binding, as compared to gathered. Also called inset.
Newspaper
A newspaper is a serial publication containing news, other informative articles (listed below), and usually advertising. A newspaper is usually printed on relatively inexpensive, low-grade paper such as newsprint. The news organizations that publish newspapers are themselves often metonymically called newspapers. Most newspapers now publish online as well as in print. The online versions are called online newspapers or news sites.
Nipping
In the book binding process, a stage where air is expelled from it's contents at the sewing stage.