Difference between dust jacket and book cover?
Time:2024-04-15
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What exactly is the difference between a jacket and a cover? This article gives you a brief explanation.
A. The difference of concept
Cover, also known as the book cover or cover one, is the external surface layer of the book, mainly play a role in protecting and decorating the book.
Envelope, refers to the thick paper jacket of a letter or book. The purpose of the jacket is to insert single pages or samples into the jacket to form an integrated set of document materials, which used to refer to the sealing cylinders for documents, letters or money, but now mainly refers to the sleeves used for documents, books and magazines.
B. Difference in design
Cover, usually more elaborate design, including the cover (cover two), cover three (back cover), back cover (cover four or back cover) and other parts, these parts in addition to the protection of the internal text, but also bear the role of the book‘s publicity and education.
The size of the cover is usually 6 or 4 open cover, the general size of the cover to be slightly larger than the size of the insert, such as the insertion of more content, but also need to leave a certain thickness. After printing, the envelopes need to be laminated or oiled to protect the ink and improve the strength, and after printing, they are die-cut and glued to the finished product.
C. Functional difference
The content of the cover is richer, often recorded in the book title, volume, volume, author, publisher and other information, which helps to quickly identify the content of the book.
And the cover mainly focuses on practicality and protection. Usually 200g, 250g or 300g thick paper is used. Paper type can be chosen from coated/matte paper, cardboard or art paper. The general size of 220 * 305mm. some cover socket can also do business card socket, you can also choose to do the right one or left and right two sockets.
In conclusion, although both cover and jacket are the protection and decoration part of books or documents, the cover focuses more on the decoration and the display of information, while the jacket focuses more on the protection of the content and practicality. When designing and using them, the appropriate printing materials and decoration will be chosen according to specific needs.
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