Include dense cotton, hemp, man-made fiber, etc. It also includes smooth silk pressing, velvet, polyester, peron and so on. Designers can choose suitable fabrics according to the different contents and functions of books. For example, books that are often read can be mounted with strong fabrics, while smooth silk can show delicate style. At present, there are many books whose covers are directly made of clothing materials, such as twill and thread of jeans, which will inspire designers.

2, artificial leather, PVC

Both artificial leather and PVC coating can be used for scrubbing and bronzing, which is convenient to process and cheap. Therefore, it is often used for the cover of hardcover books, especially the cover of a large series of books, and also for the cover of paperback books.

3. Leather

As one of the materials for cover design, leather is relatively expensive and difficult to process. Usually, this expensive material is only used when the quantity is small and a refined version is needed. All kinds of leather have their technical processing and artistic characteristics, so we should pay attention to the different characteristics of all kinds of leather when using it.

Pigskin has rough dermatoglyphics and is good at expressing rough and powerful literary language; Sheepskin is soft and delicate, but it is easy to wear; Cowhide is hard and tough, but it is difficult to process, which is suitable for large format design.

High-quality leather stands out among all kinds of cover materials because of its beautiful skin lines and color, as well as the obvious concave-convex contrast after hot stamping.

4. Wood

Recently, book covers are often made of wood materials, which are relatively expensive, complicated and difficult to process, and make designers quite worried. And wood materials have an inestimable influence on the effect of book cover design. Since written records, most of China's 5,000-year-old culture has adopted wood and bamboo carriers, so wood materials have a super expressive force in the cultural inheritance and overall grade of books.

5. Special paper

Special paper is also a kind of paper, which has special texture and surface treatment, which makes it very different from ordinary paper, and also leads to its high price and special size. So we call it special paper, and a large part of book cover design is made of special paper. The visual effect brought by special paper is unimaginable, and designers are often vividly expressed by special paper in an instant. Using special paper for book cover design has advantages and disadvantages. Designers should choose carefully, because most specialty papers are colored, all designers should fully consider these factors when designing the cover, and only those who are very familiar with the later stage of design will make the specialty paper perfect.