[alt-photo] Re: Paper issues

[Jean Daubas]

Hi all,

My modest contribution to the Artistico “soft” discussion : I found this page which is quite clear about what is the exclusive “soft”version and which even shows illustrations of some of the F.A. surfaces  :

http://savoirfaire.com/customer-service/artistico-features-and-benefits

And for French speaking members of the list, I just want to indicate that we can buy the  “Fabriano Artistico Extra-White Soft” under the name “Fabriano Artistico Blanc Intense soft”. It is only avalaible in sheets 56x76 cm in 300g/m² and 640 g/m²

The Fabriano website also gives some infos about the products namings in various languages:

English : http://fabriano.com/p/en/15/artistico_extra_white
Spanish : http://fabriano.com/p/es/15/artistico_extra_white
French:  http://fabriano.com/p/fr/15/artistico_extra_white
Italian :  http://fabriano.com/p/it/15/artistico_extra_white

Hope it helps,
Alternative cheers from France
Jean
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From: Keith Schreiber 
Sent: Saturday, February 16, 2013 6:52 AM
To: The alternative photographic processes mailing list 
Subject: [alt-photo] Re: Paper issues
Henry & Luciano,

With regard to terminology of surface characteristics of Fabriano watercolor papers:

US FR/IT ES
Hot Press satinata liso 
Soft Press dolce suave
Cold Press fina fino
Rough grossa gruesso

In the UK, Hot-press is often identified as HOT, as Luciano notes, and Cold-pressed as NOT. Soft-pressed is a surface designation between Hot- and Cold-pressed, and is only available on Fabriano Artistico Extra White. It is less smooth than Hot, but less textured than Cold. 

Hope that helps clarify the situation.

~ Keith

PS - A great resource for info about art papers is "Which Paper?" by Silvie Turner.
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