Approximate
size
Newsboard 26” × 38”
Newsboard is in reality a box board, and differs from binders’ board
in the quality of the fibre. But for such articles as are described in
this course, it is the more satisfactory of the two. Both newsboard
and binders’ board are sold in bundles each weighing 50 lbs. The board
is numbered according to the number of sheets in the bundle. Thus No.
50 means that the bundle contains 50 sheets. Board of this number is
light in weight, easily handled by small children, and is well suited
to the articles here described. Most book covers are made of No. 30
(30 sheets to the bundle), which is twice as thick as No. 60. The
sheets of newsboard are rather large to be handled conveniently. If
desired, they will be cut in quarters by the dealer at slight expense.