halftone

A noun referring to a print obtained from photoengraving or an engraving used to reproduce an illustration.

• 🇫🇷Nom désignant un procédé de reproduction d'images en dégradés de gris par une trame de points, ou l'image ou le cliché obtenu par ce procédé.

1. Print obtained from photoengraving C1 formal art

   A printed image produced by a photoengraving process, where continuous tones are simulated by a pattern of dots.

   • The magazine used a halftone to reproduce the photograph.
   • The artist examined the halftone under a magnifying glass.
   • Old newspapers often feature grainy halftones.

   🇫🇷Similigravure

2. Engraving used to reproduce an illustration C1 formal art

   An engraved plate or block, typically made of metal, used in printing to reproduce an illustration by breaking it down into dots.

   • The printer carefully prepared the halftone for the book cover.
   • Halftones revolutionized the printing of images in the 19th century.
   • The collection includes several original halftones from the early 1900s.

   🇫🇷Similigravure

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