I have an early 20th century printing plate that is quite badly tarnished… is this recoverable or not really?
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Not really. This looks like an engraving perhaps for cheques?
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Thomas Phinney@[email protected]
Not exactly cheques, from what text is easily deciphered. Gift certificates, I think.
The store still exists! whitehouseportrush.com
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Chris Armstrong@armstrong
yeah I think it was for invoices.
And yep it’s a store in one of my local seaside towns, they’re about to have a big anniversary and I was hoping to be able to make a print for them. Probably not an option I guess? 😬
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Thomas Phinney@[email protected]
Well, I can imagine sticking a high-res image of that in the background and just drawing vectors over top, or the like.
OR: You could try image levels adjustment plus autotrace. I have no assumption as to whether that would work out.
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Chris Armstrong@armstrong
solid idea, probably beyond my letter-drawing skill but not a bad way to improve!