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Creative Arts, Design & Making

Book Binding

Fold signatures, sew bindings, case in covers, and create journals or edition-bound books.

Who this is for

Paper crafters binding custom journals and books

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  1. Fold and pierce signatures

  2. Sew coptic or case binding

  3. Make hardcover case

  4. Finish endpapers neatly

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Word Counter

Count words, Unicode characters, sentences and paragraphs. Inspect English readability, estimate reading time and compare a selected publishing length rule.

Text Tools

Aspect Ratio Calculator

Reproduce reviewed square-pixel active-image geometry for a documented target canvas using an explicit Fit/Pad or Fill/Crop mode and rounding rule.

Calculators

Image Dimension Planner

Calculate whole-pixel image dimensions with a locked ratio or independent width and height, then compare scale and pixel area before exporting in an editor.

Design Tools

Color Picker

Professional color picker with HEX, RGB, and HSL conversion, WCAG contrast checking, and palette generation. Pick colors and copy CSS-ready values instantly.

Design Tools

Color Palette Generator

Generate harmonious color palettes from a base color. Complementary, analogous, triadic, tetradic, monochromatic. CSS variables, Tailwind config, WCAG contrast.

Design Tools

ROI Calculator

Calculate total ROI and net gain or loss, then use CAGR for endpoint-only investments or money-weighted IRR for explicit year-end contributions.

Calculators

QR Code Generator

Generate scan-testable URL, email, phone, WiFi, or escaped vCard QR codes with UTF-8 capacity checks, color warnings, raster logos, PNG, and SVG.

Developer Tools

Color Blindness Simulator

Preview sRGB colors with adjustable color-vision models. Compare palettes and text pairs, check original contrast, and copy the simulated colors as CSV.

Design Tools

Ratio Calculator

Reduce two bounded whole-number ratio parts and allocate one explicitly entered total with auditable proportions, percentages, and boundaries.

Calculators

Paper Grammage & Basis-Weight Converter

Convert a source-owned paper grammage or basis-ream mass with explicit basis dimensions and sheet count, then optionally reconcile a same-basis reported value.

Calculators

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