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

[Jorge_Stolfi]

Look closely. It's the same swing.

I can't be sure, but I think it is not the "same swing".  I believe that the original plume of the n was traced in a continuous motion from the bottom of the i stroke, with lower pressure on the pen, going counterclockwise, and ending in a "mousetail" trace -- tapering gradually to a sharp point.  Whereas, in the darker ink, the plume was traced clockwise in a separate stroke, causing it to be uniformly thick, with a butt (square) end at the top left.  Which is in fact one of the signs of a retraced plume.

And the same goes for the plume on the Sh. That is not what a natural plume was supposed to look line.

All the best, --stolfi