As sections saw loose on their stitches they finally trip over their pleats. The sewn text with regular chains of stitches, the outer and intermediate stations equal in tension and pliancy, should be jogged to the head and, with a slight round induced, positioned in a lying press for shaping of shoulders and application of a pasted and brush stippled kozo fiber paper lining. The kozo sheet is quickly macerated over the bare folds and stitches leaving a strong, pliant web of fiber. The stub of the lining is put down to reinforce attachment of the outer leaves or endpapers. The text block is then ready for evaluation of its motion.
Size is the greatest variable.
Text paper is the next influential element. With thread only sewing the process is always building upward. The smaller books are not overbuilt from the start as can occur with cord supported sewing. Case construction, like unsupported sewing, provides a releasing action on opening. Fully flat openings are permitted as the back is released from the spine of the cover by the setback of the cover to text attachment seam.