. Book of the Royal blue . ct for illustration and 12 HALF-TONES IN NEWSPAlER WORK. the picture was drawn, stereotyped, putinto the newspaper forms and run inthe regular edition of the paper in lessthan thirty minutes. Another method which has greatlysuperseded chalk plates is the zincetching. The artist draws the illustra-tion in black India ink on white photographic negative is made ofthe picture and transmitted to a zincplate prepared to receive the impres-sion. The impression on the zinc isthen covered with a prepared ink which cut always shows the best the lines in a
. Book of the Royal blue . ct for illustration and 12 HALF-TONES IN NEWSPAlER WORK. the picture was drawn, stereotyped, putinto the newspaper forms and run inthe regular edition of the paper in lessthan thirty minutes. Another method which has greatlysuperseded chalk plates is the zincetching. The artist draws the illustra-tion in black India ink on white photographic negative is made ofthe picture and transmitted to a zincplate prepared to receive the impres-sion. The impression on the zinc isthen covered with a prepared ink which cut always shows the best the lines in a cut are close to-gether, the chances are that the ink willfill the meshes and blur the prints. Buteven this detriment is fast being over-come. The splendid new machinery innewspaper presses, the good quality ofpaper used by the better class of dailypapers, makes it possible to include■half tones in their daily runs. The half-tone is the most modernmethod and in fact the most perfectmethod yet discovered for giving abso-. OLU STHEET IN IHUIKKS KKUUY. adheres to the picture, leaving the bal-ance of the plate clean, and the plate isthen submitted to a nitric acid bath,until the zinc has been eaten away tothe depth of 1-32 of an inch, leaving theprotected picture in relief. This processis used principally in line drawings. All illustrations are commonly re-ferred to as cuts, the word naturallyoriginating with the engraver. It may be explained that daily news-paper presses are run at a very highrate of speed and consequent]) an open lutely correct pictures. The half-tone isan exact reproduction of a means of it, anj detail may be repro-duced. The process of making themhas become a business in itself, althoughevery well directed daily newspaper nowhas a complete photographing outfit andengraving department prepared to makeits own half-tones. The engraver em-ployed in charge of this departmentis selected on account of his versa-tility in this profession, as he may bec
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