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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> nhcoll-l-bounces@mailman.yale.edu [mailto:nhcoll-l-bounces@mailman.yale.edu]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>William Shepherd<br>
<b>Sent:</b> 07 June 2016 22:32<br>
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<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Nhcoll-l] Reading fadded/scratched off ink?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"> All the suggestions have been great. I’ll also suggest raking light. Get a flashlight, not too too powerful, and hold it at a low
angle to the label in a low light/dark area. If the pen or type was pressed into the paper hard enough you’ll see some of the valleys and ridges in shadow and light. This could also be combined with the photography mentioned below.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"> Good luck!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Catharine Hawks<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, June 07, 2016 2:16 PM<br>
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<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Nhcoll-l] Reading fadded/scratched off ink?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Where I've worked with images of specimen labels, I've used Photoshop (or similar program) to play with contrast and color channels, and that was somewhat helpful in picking out faded characters.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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I am processing some older samples and am encountering a lot with faded pen ink or old type-written with the characters falling off the label. I can see that there is still evidence of the other characters, but cannot make some of them out. Does anyone have
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