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- Phototype can refer to a metal printing block, sometimes prepared using photogravure to reproduce a photograph in printing. The block may be a halftone image.
- Phototype can also refer to type set using a phototypesetting process to prepare pages for photo lithography. This process replaced hot metal typesetting. It was common throughout the 1970's and 1980's and was in turn rapidly rendered obsolete by modern systems which employ a raster image processor to render an entire page to a single high-resolution digital image which is then photoset.
- Skin phototype depends on the amount of melanin pigment in the skin. It is assessed on a scale from 1 to 6.
| Skin Phototype |
Typical Features |
Tanning ability |
| I |
Pale white skin, blue/hazel eyes, blond/red hair |
Always burns, does not tan |
| II |
Fair skin, blue eyes |
Burns easily, tans poorly |
| III |
Darker white skin |
Tans after initial burn |
| IV |
Light brown skin |
Burns minimally, tans easily |
| V |
Brown skin |
Rarely burns, tans darkly easily |
| VI |
Dark brown or black skin |
Never burns, always tans darkly |
This article incorporates text from the public domain 1907 edition of The Nuttall Encyclopædia.
