Any image or graphic that consists only of solid, single-color areas, typically black and white, without any gradients or continuous tones. Because it lacks shading, line art can be printed directly without needing to be broken down into a halftone screen.
Heard on the job
Make sure the logo is saved as vector line art so we get crisp edges on the plate.
Also heard as
- line drawing
- line copy
Do not mix it up with
- Halftone: Line art uses only solid ink and paper color, while a halftone uses a grid of dots to simulate continuous shading.