Meanings
- participlepastsimple past and past participle of inset
The folded sections are insetted (one put inside the other) and are then stitched through the folded backs to clinch at the centre spread. No allowance in the back margin is necessary for this binding method.
1969, Michael Hutchins, Typographics: a designer's handbook of printing techniques, page 87
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