Bristol board
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Bristol board is an uncoated
, machine-finished paperboard
. It is named after the city of Bristol
in the southwest of England
. Common sizes include 22.5″ × 28.5″ (572 × 724 mm) and its bulk thickness is .006 inches (0.15 mm) or higher and A4, A3, A2 and A1 Bristol board may be rated by the number of plies
it contains or, in Europe, by its grammage of 220 to 250. It is normally white, but is also made in different colours.
book or catalog covers, file folders, tags, and tickets
. Another is for scale models, some students use this kind of paper for their walls in their scale models. One-ply bristol is thin enough to be translucent, and two and three ply bristol are the most popular thicknesses.
Bristol board is used for technical drawing
, illustration
, and other two-dimensional art forms. It provides two working surfaces, front and back. This quality separates it from illustration board, which has only a front working surface. The surface texture is either plate or vellum. Plate finish is as smooth as glass, and it is very good for pen and ink. Vellum finish is a medium texture more appropriate to friction-based media, such as crayon, chalks, or charcoal.
Engravers or wedding bristol paper may be used for formal engraved
wedding invitations.
Woodfree uncoated paper
Woodfree uncoated paper or uncoated fine papers are containing mainly chemical pulps and 5–25% fillers. Both softwood and hardwood chemical pulps are used and a minor part of mechanical pulp might be added . These paper grades are calendered.-Properties:Woodfree uncoated papers are of high quality...
, machine-finished paperboard
Paperboard
Paperboard is a thick paper based material. While there is no rigid differentiation between paper and paperboard, paperboard is generally thicker than paper. According to ISO standards, paperboard is a paper with a basis weight above 224 g/m2, but there are exceptions. Paperboard can be single...
. It is named after the city of Bristol
Bristol
Bristol is a city, unitary authority area and ceremonial county in South West England, with an estimated population of 433,100 for the unitary authority in 2009, and a surrounding Larger Urban Zone with an estimated 1,070,000 residents in 2007...
in the southwest of England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. Common sizes include 22.5″ × 28.5″ (572 × 724 mm) and its bulk thickness is .006 inches (0.15 mm) or higher and A4, A3, A2 and A1 Bristol board may be rated by the number of plies
Ply
Ply, Pli, Plies or Plying may refer to:* Ply , a turn in game play* PLY or Polygon File Format* Plying, a spinning technique to make yarn* Plies , American rapper* Pli, an academic journal...
it contains or, in Europe, by its grammage of 220 to 250. It is normally white, but is also made in different colours.
Applications
Bristol paper is used for printing documents, brochures, promotional materials and envelopes. It is also used for paperbackPaperback
Paperback, softback or softcover describe and refer to a book by the nature of its binding. The covers of such books are usually made of paper or paperboard, and are usually held together with glue rather than stitches or staples...
book or catalog covers, file folders, tags, and tickets
Ticket (admission)
A ticket is a voucher that indicates that one has paid for admission to an event or establishment such as a theatre, movie theater, amusement park, zoo, museum, concert, or other attraction, or permission to travel on a vehicle such as an airliner, train, bus, or boat, typically because one has...
. Another is for scale models, some students use this kind of paper for their walls in their scale models. One-ply bristol is thin enough to be translucent, and two and three ply bristol are the most popular thicknesses.
Bristol board is used for technical drawing
Technical drawing
Technical drawing, also known as drafting or draughting, is the act and discipline of composing plans that visually communicate how something functions or has to be constructed.Drafting is the language of industry....
, illustration
Illustration
An illustration is a displayed visualization form presented as a drawing, painting, photograph or other work of art that is created to elucidate or dictate sensual information by providing a visual representation graphically.- Early history :The earliest forms of illustration were prehistoric...
, and other two-dimensional art forms. It provides two working surfaces, front and back. This quality separates it from illustration board, which has only a front working surface. The surface texture is either plate or vellum. Plate finish is as smooth as glass, and it is very good for pen and ink. Vellum finish is a medium texture more appropriate to friction-based media, such as crayon, chalks, or charcoal.
Engravers or wedding bristol paper may be used for formal engraved
Engraving
Engraving is the practice of incising a design on to a hard, usually flat surface, by cutting grooves into it. The result may be a decorated object in itself, as when silver, gold, steel, or glass are engraved, or may provide an intaglio printing plate, of copper or another metal, for printing...
wedding invitations.