Offline hand-bindery workbench · 2026

FolioPlan Bindery

Turn page count, trim, and paper stock into exact signatures, imposition maps, spine width, and cover cuts—before you fold, sew, or glue a single sheet.

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ink · board · kraft · on-device math

FolioPlan Bindery signature planner screenshot — Signature breakdown with leftovers locked before folding

A press sheet you can trust at the bench

FolioPlan Bindery is the offline-first hand-bookbinding and print-imposition workbench for bookbinders, zine makers, book-arts students, and indie publishers. Name the book, lock trim size and target page count, pick paper from a seeded caliper library, and choose pamphlet, perfect, case, Coptic, or Japanese stab. The app returns a full bindery plan: signature breakdown with leftover and end-leaf previews, front/back sheet imposition with mirrored page numbers, spine bulk from real sheet thickness, hardcover boards and wrap flats, plus thread and board estimates. Fold-order guides match the press sheet so nesting stays honest. Export multi-page PDF imposition sheets, materials summaries, and cover diagrams entirely on-device—no cloud math, no photocopied charts.

Signature planner with mixed sections

Auto-split into 4-, 8-, 16-, or 32-page signatures, preview blanks and leftovers, lock per-section sizes, and drag-reorder before any folding starts.

Interactive imposition canvas

Front and back press sheets, sheetwise or work-and-turn, pinch-zoom cells with mirrored page numbers, and tap-to-label sections for the bench.

Spine & cover workshop

Spine thickness from page count × seeded GSM/caliper bulk; case-board sizes, cloth wrap flats with hinge gaps, or paperback width with flaps.

Materials bench estimates

Board area, cover cloth or paper, endpaper counts, Coptic or kettle thread length, plus needle notes—edit quantities and units in place.

Fold-order guides per signature

Nested folio sequence, head/tail orientation, and press-reminder callouts so every fold matches the imposition map without separate charts.

PDF export, widget & Siri intents

Share multi-page imposition PDFs with spine diagram and materials summary; home-screen widget and App Intents for spine width and active canvas.

From blank sheet to sewable plan

Define

Trim, page count, stock, and binding style land in one book ticket.

Split

Signatures, blanks, and end-leaves preview before you cut stock.

Impose

Front/back maps carry mirrored numbers and fold-order cues.

Export

PDFs, spine diagrams, and materials lists stay on your device.

Built like a quiet corner of the bindery

No cloud imposition queues. No third-party charts. FolioPlan Bindery keeps the seeded size library, caliper math, and PDF sheets on-device so workshop wifi never becomes part of the recipe.

Whether you are sewing a pamphlet zine or casing a short-run hardcover, the plan stays tactile: ink-dark numbers, kraft-warm previews, and dimensions you can read with paste still on your fingers.

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