I work for a check printing company so I'm dealing with thin line pantographs a lot. I always find the final result disappoint because the detail of the pantograph is lost due to the loss of the solid line with a screened line with offset press printing. I'm curious if anyone has messed with going to a thinner line stroke as a with no screen for a solid line instead of a thicker stroke that is screened whether it be with Illustrator or any of the equivalent layout programs.
Since most of the designs aren't straight lines switching from a dot screen to a line screen doesn't help as much especially when the screen are in the 15-20% range. Thinner solid lines to emulate a similar screen value would also allow for microprint lines within the pantograph and not lose all the detail in the small text.
Since most of the designs aren't straight lines switching from a dot screen to a line screen doesn't help as much especially when the screen are in the 15-20% range. Thinner solid lines to emulate a similar screen value would also allow for microprint lines within the pantograph and not lose all the detail in the small text.
