Digital BW, The Print

I mount exactly this way.  The matt window is .5 inches larger on the 
top and sides of the trimmed dry-mounted print and 1.25 inches larger 
on the bottom to accommodate the signature.  It is worth the care 
taken for precision, to me.

I just sent two sets of a collection mounted and matted this way to 
France.

As far as "being out of favor", like so many things it depends on 
context.  Prints mounted this way are highly resistant to damage from 
handling.  The mount board is integral to the print, i.e., as if the 
emulsion were on the mount board.

Jesse

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Clayton Jones" 
<cj@c...> wrote:
> 
> During my wet print years I trimmed and dry-mounted on 4-ply matt
> board, signed just under the bottom of the print, and made the 
window
> matt bigger than the print so the signature could show.  This is
> usually called a floating matt or floating mount, or something like
> that.  It looks real nice but requires a lot of precision and is
> tedious and very time consuming.
> 
>