I had quite a bit of fun practicing dotting a long time ago, although this was with acrylic paint rather than ink.
You can get dots of varying fineness depending on how much ink is on your implement, and how much pressure you apply.
So, if the scribe traced the circle part first and did the dots afterwards, there would be less ink left and the dots above would be finer, especially if he used a lighter hand for the dots.
You can actually see the dots getting finer from the bottom dot to the top one, as the hand moves up from the small circle and less ink remains on the implement.
I would say the same goes for the "mich": (dip) mi (dip) ch (dip) O....
You can get dots of varying fineness depending on how much ink is on your implement, and how much pressure you apply.
So, if the scribe traced the circle part first and did the dots afterwards, there would be less ink left and the dots above would be finer, especially if he used a lighter hand for the dots.
You can actually see the dots getting finer from the bottom dot to the top one, as the hand moves up from the small circle and less ink remains on the implement.
I would say the same goes for the "mich": (dip) mi (dip) ch (dip) O....