Deboss (?!?)

[zoom man]

Could someone please tell me what this means?
"NO deboss on rear boards by the spine".
Thanks

(think I'm selling my Steinbeck,... he is selling MUCH better
(right now)
Than our guy,
And I'm researching, and came across this 'deboss' term)

 

[bospress.net]

Hi,
Deboss is the guy that tells you what to do at work....

No really, it is the opposite of emboss. One is an impression from the rear of a page creating a raised area on the paper (emboss) and the other is an impressed from the front (deboss)

Unless I have them backwards, mjp...

Bill

 

[zoom man]

Deboss is the guy that tells you what to do at work...

I don't think I'm clever enough to respond..
"Deplane,.. deplane!"
The little short-suicide guy said
(Fantasy Island).
Please, MJP, to the rescue
:)

 

[chronic]

Bill is correct. In this case it could mean either that it is (or is not) a first edition point or that the book is not a BCE or a remainder.

 

[mjp]

No really, it is the opposite of emboss. One is an impression from the rear of a page creating a raised area on the paper (emboss) and the other is an impressed from the front (deboss)

Unless I have them backwards, mjp...

Nope, you're right. An emboss is raised like braille. A deboss is more like what you'd see on some hardback book covers, where text or images leave a depression.

Though when I was a printer I heard emboss used to describe both, so go figure. Maybe book-types made up "deboss," I don't know.