[split] Jorge's Retracer Thread: darker ink, retracing of text and drawings

[Jorge_Stolfi]

The question is why he never repaired the entire symbol, even though the rest is just as thin

Presumably the original traces that were retraced were much fainter than those that were left as such (namely the lower part of the left leg, and its upper tip). 

Note that the o and (partially) the plume of the r had already been retraced by an earlier pass.  You can see the original, fainter traces under the retracing ones.

Retracing a glyph had to be quite a bit slower than scribing it originally, and required constant concentration.  The Retracer could not just let his hand do the job, as the original Scribe did; he had to look at the original trace and follow it as best as he could.  Thus it makes sense that he would retrace only the parts of a glyph that really needed retracing. 

All the best, --stolfi