Straight Grain Morocco leather (commonly known as Morocco Leather) is an attractive bookbinding leather popular in book publishing. It is famed for its durability, strength, and beautiful grain pattern. Morocco Leather is typically created from goat skin; thus, its name is derived from its country of origin: Morocco.
Morocco Leather can be found in numerous bookbinding applications, from book covers and spines to endpapers, custom bookmarks, and book accessories. Due to its strength and durability, Morocco Leather is ideal for projects with high wear-and-tear levels, such as journals and sketchbooks.
Morocco Leather has many colors, with black and red typical hues. However, other colors like green and blue may also be found, with grain patterns that range from fine to coarse.
Straight grain Morocco paper is used in printing and publishing to refer to high-grade papers made from 100% rag content, such as cotton or linen fibers separated from their source materials and ground into pulp before forming into sheets using “wet pressing.”
Publishers have long recognized straight-grain Morocco leather as a high-quality, durable leather for binding books. Furthermore, its ease of tooling and gilding makes it perfect for creating beautiful high-end books. Moreover, Morocco leather’s resistance to water and sunlight makes it suitable for outdoor or humid use.