# Line-Screen Halftone

> Equally spaced horizontal black lines vary continuously in width to create complete tones, with clear white gaps establishing precise linear rhythm.

[Web page](https://aistylebook.com/image/line-screen-halftone/)

## About this style

Equally spaced horizontal lines remain continuous as local width changes reconstruct tone. Clear white gaps create a precise printed rhythm up close that merges into full forms at a distance.

Line-screen halftone encodes tone through stroke width within a repeated line system.

Small width changes across a face can reveal cheeks and nose at a distance without continuous gray fills.

### How the style changes different subjects

- **Portrait**: Regular dots or lines break skin and clothing gradients into a visible screen that resolves at a distance.

- **Landscape**: Screen coverage separates sky, plants and buildings with a printed rhythm.

- **Object**: Dot or line area controls highlights and curves, potentially merging small text and reflections.

**Subjects**: Choose close portraits, products, buildings or well-lit landscapes with varied tones for the screen to reproduce.

## Visual keywords

Equally spaced horizontal lines · Width modulation · Continuous lines · White gaps · Linear halftone

## Names and related terms

Line halftone

## Style examples

- [Portrait](https://img.aistylebook.com/reference-assets/20266-img_large.avif?v=0e210b985e3dfb19)

- [Landscape](https://img.aistylebook.com/reference-assets/20267-img_large.avif?v=ccb5a253b908b7e0)

- [Object](https://img.aistylebook.com/object-assets/80266-large.avif?v=6ec11c01759f9865)

## Reusable style prompt

```text
Translate the entire image into a single black line-screen halftone on white paper. Straight, evenly spaced horizontal carrier lines run continuously across the frame. Form all values solely through continuous changes in line thickness: dark areas thicken and highlights become fine, while white inter-line gaps remain clear. Let original contours emerge naturally from width modulation. Maintain parallel structure and clean printed edges, yielding complete tones at a distance and a precise linear rhythm close up.
```

## Photo creation and prompts

Photo generation requires an account and credits; the cost is shown before generation.

[Create with this style](https://aistylebook.com/photo.html?style=20266&lang=en#studio)

## Related styles

- [Concentric-Line Image](https://aistylebook.com/image/concentric-line-image/): Shares line-width modulation, replacing horizontals with concentric circles.

- [Monochrome Screentone Manga](https://aistylebook.com/image/monochrome-screentone-manga/): Also synthesizes grayscale through print units, using dot screens in manga.

- [Displacement Scan Ribbons](https://aistylebook.com/image/displacement-scan-ribbons/): Both image through horizontal bands, shaping through displacement rather than width in scan ribbons.

## References

- [GIMP Manual: Newsprint and digital halftoning](https://docs.gimp.org/3.0/en/gimp-filter-newsprint.html)