Newsprint

Collage of rubbed transfers
MFA# 1987.746

Description

An inexpensive Paper used for printing newspapers and student sketch pads. Newsprint is primarily made from mechanical pulp (>85%) with some chemical pulp and very little mineral content. It is produced by high speed machines which result in unidirectional fiber orientation. Newsprint is strong, has good opacity, a smooth, lint-free surface and high Oil absorption. Intended only for short term use, newsprint has a high Lignin content and degrades quickly by discoloring and becoming brittle.

Newsprint paper stack

Synonyms and Related Terms

newspaper; kraft paper; krantenpapier (Ned.); papier journal (Fr.); Zeitungspapier (Deut.); carta da giornale (It.); papel para diarios (Esp.); papel prensa (Esp.); tidningspapper (Sven.)

Resources and Citations

• Boise Cascade Paper Group, The Paper Handbook, Boise Cascade, Portland OR, 1989

• The Dictionary of Paper, American Paper Institute, New York, Fourth Edition, 1980

• E.J.LaBarre, Dictionary and Encyclopedia of Paper and Paper-making, Swets & Zeitlinger, Amsterdam, 1969

• Ralph Mayer, A Dictionary of Art Terms and Techniques, Harper and Row Publishers, New York, 1969 (also 1945 printing)

• Matt Roberts, Don Etherington, Bookbinding and the Conservation of Books: a Dictionary of Descriptive Terminology, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington DC, 1982

• G.S.Brady, Materials Handbook, McGraw-Hill Book Co., New York, 1971 Comment: p. 574

• Multilingual Glossary for Art Librarians at http://www.ifla.org/VII/s30/pub/mgl.htm

• Art and Architecture Thesaurus Online, https://www.getty.edu/research/tools/vocabulary/aat/, J. Paul Getty Trust, Los Angeles, 2000