2007-03-05 22:03:04 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Visual Arts ➔ Photography
Glossy.
2007-03-05 22:07:27 · answer #1 · answered by skcs11 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Illustration 90 grammes per square meter, weight. Some times heavier (110 gr/sqm). And for good quality magazines they use a matte writing paper that gives an "underground" feeling, and it is "warmer" in the hand. The overall style looks more expensive, but it is not!
2007-03-06 06:14:26 · answer #2 · answered by filip 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is a regular paper, perhaps a little thicker, but it is coated with white clay and run through heated rollers to get the gloss. White clay is called Kaolin. What makes magazines pop out at you, however, is the type of printing, intaglio.
2007-03-06 07:52:10 · answer #3 · answered by Polyhistor 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, it depends on the company, I guess.
Glossy pages: Tree bits all mushed up with an added bit of glue to hold it together better (the tree bits do contain a glue of their own but better to reinforce it with other glue). All mashed thin, possibly heated (shrinks the fibers and makes it all tighter and more durable) then glossed over with a super thin coat of plastic.
Well, and the ink. Oil based, most usually. Smudges less.
Non-glossy uses less to no plastic coating.
Newspapers usually use less glue and more smudgable ink. Same for comic books.
2007-03-06 06:10:39 · answer #4 · answered by ophelliaz 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋