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Halftone Plate

A monochrome SVG screen with optional controlled inspection. Convert a bounded grayscale sample or authored geometry into isolated vector marks, with geometric ink coverage.

One ink. A thousand shades.
Change the screen and watch an image become a field of marks.

The Halftone Camera · ChromologiumAuthored isolated-mark tonal study. Settings: {"source":"orb","shape":"round","ink":"carbon","invert":false,"columns":48,"gain":1.1}. Authored source geometry. Source: https://chromologium.com/lab/halftoneCHROMOLOGIUM / SCREEN STUDIES48 × 48 / 18% INKFIG. 017
Authored study / orbMove to inspect · arrow keys work too
01 / Before the screen
Continuous tone
02 / Inside the screen
Six cells across
Column 25 / row 25
◈ Dual-Interface Install

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A screen you can take with you.

Pass screen settings and, optionally, a grayscale sample. The same state produces the on-screen plate and its standalone SVG. Inspection is optional and never appears in the exported print.

"use client";
import { useState } from "react";
import { HalftonePlate } from "@/components/HalftonePlate";
import { HALFTONE_DEFAULT } from "@/lib/render/halftone";

export default function ScreenStudy() {
  const [probe, setProbe] = useState({ x: .5, y: .5 });
  return <HalftonePlate state={HALFTONE_DEFAULT}
    probe={probe} onInspect={setProbe} />;
}

Use halftoneSvg(state, image) for export. Optional image data contains width, height and a flat values array of grayscale samples from 0 to 1, with dimensions up to 256 pixels. Image reading is handled by the consuming application; the component makes no network requests.

Source

  • components/HalftonePlate.tsx
  • lib/render/halftone.ts

Registry item: /r/halftone-plate.json

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Halftone Plate — Technical Inquiries

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