书脊:书籍之眼——浅议书脊设计

The Book-ridge:the Eyes of Books- Comment on the Design of Book-ridge

书脊是封面的一部分。书脊具有向读者提供审美愉悦和吸引潜在顾客,促进书籍传播与销售的功能;书脊的立意,视觉要素的编排和各种特殊问题的处理体现了设计者的内在素养。封面设计应把书脊的构思包括进去,做到书脊的外观、内涵与书籍的装帧、内容相统一。

The book-ridge is a part of cover, it has many functions, like providing readers aesthetic joyiality, attracting the latent customers and promoting the transmittion and distribution of books. The conceptions of the book-ridges, the arrangements of the visual elements and the treatments of various issues reflect the designersj-inner attinments The cover design should include the conception of the book-ridge, make the appearance and connotation of book-ridge agree with the binding and layout and the content of the book.