Bookbinding and the Conservation of Books
A Dictionary of Descriptive Terminology

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f

Abbreviation for feint, which, when applied to ruling, signifies feint ruling, i.e., the fine, pale horizontal lines ruled on a sheet of blankbook paper by means of a ruling machine; vertical feint lines would be indicated by d. & f. (q.v.), or downs and feints. (274 )




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