Microstructure of 19th Century Wood Engraving

• Pictorial gray scale can be simulated by careful placing of lines and dots of ink.

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Artists and printers had known for centuries that pictorial gray scale can be simulated by careful placing of lines and dots of ink. The printing process, unlike painting and fresco, are limited to ink or no-ink, so gray (scale and color) must be simulate