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From: Carolyn Ybarra <>
Subject: Re: Need tips on reading very faint manuscript
Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2005 18:14:52 -0800
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We had a discussion about this at our Northern California APG meeting
last week. My colleagues said that if you scan a document, you can
often see things that are otherwise not visible. One person had done
this and pencil impressions underneath a photo had become visible as
words, though the pencil writing itself was no longer visible to the
naked eye.

Another idea was to scan the item or photocopy it as a negative.
Apparently the white on black makes some things clearer.

Once you have a digital image you can adjust the brightness and
contrast in Photoshop or whatever photo enhancement software you have.

Carolyn


At 11:28 AM +0000 2/4/05, wrote:
>Hi! I was wondering if anyone had any tips on how to read very faint
>pencil manuscript. I am reading a manuscript journal that a fellow
>kept while he traelled from New York to New Orleans, circa 1847. For
>the most part the journal is very readable. The only problem is on
>the inside cover is the gentleman's name and the pencilling (it is
>written in pencil) is very faint and extremely difficult to make
>out. Any thoughts?
>ken milano
>
>______________________________


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