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 nostr:npub1z0t580awe5ef8sk2qp5ps8w87kgpmjswsc8xf7dkfrtuu2dn5ygqa9wj4p Yes, I've got tables of Ben Day screens and patterns: some for negatives, some for positives. It's very much like silkscreen in one sense, but different in another: instead of sluicing ink through a stencil, the Ben Day screens have raised dots that are inked. The screen is placed above the plate, negative, or original, and an engraver burnishes from the top. Masking on the transfer limits dot coverage to unmasked areas.