LINE ART
\lˈa͡ɪn ˈɑːt], \lˈaɪn ˈɑːt], \l_ˈaɪ_n ˈɑː_t]\
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A single-color drawing having little or no solid areas, no shading effect other than crosshatching, like one made with a pen or pencil. Line art can be printed without conversion to a half-tone image, unlike a painting or photograph. Also known as line copy or line drawing.
By Henry Campbell Black
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