Source: FISAE techniques list | |
Intaglio |
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Original | |
C | = intaglio printing (blank; embossing) |
C1 | = steel engraving |
C2 | = burin (graver or gouge) engraving, notably on copper |
C3 | = etching, including direct (brush) etching |
C4 | = dry point, including crayon manner and stipple engraving |
C5 | = aquatint |
C6 | = soft-ground or sugar etching |
C7 | = mezzotint |
C8 | = intaglio engraving on linoleum, plastic or other materials |
Reproductive | |
P3 | = photogravure, photogalvanography |
P4 | = commercial photogravure, rotogravure |
P10 | = etched steel printing (die-printing) |
Relief |
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Original | |
X | = relief printing (blank) |
X1 | = woodcut |
X2 | = wood engraving |
X3 | = linocut |
X4 | = relief-printed engraved or etched metal plates, notably metal cut |
X5 | = relief-printed metal plates created for intaglio printing |
X6 | = relief-printed engraving of other materials |
X7 | = (Chinese) stone stamp |
Reproductive | |
T | = typography, letterpress |
T1 | = linotype, indirect letterpress |
T2 | = photoxylography, facsimile wood engraving |
T3 | = commercial rubber stamp |
P1 | = line block (cliché) with or without photography |
P2 | = half-tone, photo zincography |
Flatbed, stencil and electronic |
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Original | |
L1 | = autolithography |
L2 | = autography (transfer lithography) |
L3 | = zincography |
L4 | = algraphy |
P8 | = original photograph, hologram |
S | = stencil, ‘pochoir’ |
S1 | = original serigraphy (screenprinting) |
S2 | = mimeography (dye stencil) |
S3 | = Katazome (oiled-paper stencil) |
S4 | = Kappa (Katazome made with persimmon juice) |
CGD | = computer generated design |
Reproductive | |
P | = photographic reproduction |
P5 | = collotype |
P6 | = photolithography, process transfer lithography |
P7 | = offset |
P9 | = serigraphic reproduction (photosilkscreen) |
CRD | = computer reproduced design |
Y | = photocopy |
Other abbreviations |
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U | = technique not listed above, including Chinese rubbing and collography |
/mon | = monotype |
/col. | = hand coloured |
Number preceding the technique = number of plates used | |
/number after the technique = number of colours used |