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Max Levy

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production of first commercial halftone screens

  • In photoengraving: The halftone process

    Two brothers, Max and Louis Levy, of Philadelphia, in 1890 produced the first commercial halftone screens. The Levy brothers coated selected plates of high-quality optical glass with a lacquer, in which parallel lines were cut. The ruled lines were then etched with hydrofluoric acid and filled with…

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