screentone
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[edit]screentone (countable and uncountable, plural screentones)
- (uncountable) A technique for applying textures and shades to drawings from preprinted sheets, used as an alternative to hatching.
- (countable) A texture or shading of this kind.
- 2018, Danica Davidson, Rena Saiya, Manga Art for Intermediates, page 7:
- There are various kinds of screentones, but the ones with printed small dots are the most basic.