I'm working on an article about the uses of tracing paper. I'm trying to recall all the varieties of transparent paper and their characteristics. If I've forgotten a type or overlooked some key information, please let me know in the comments.
• Flimsy | Lightweight and very transparent tracing paper in white or yellow. Resists bleed-through. Comes in a roll up to 48 inches wide by 100 yards long.
• Tracing paper | Most universal paper for sketching, overlays, corrections, tracing, and transfer. Usually sold in pads, quite transparent.
• Onion skin | A thin, light paper made for typewriters in a time when airmail rates demanded light weight. The slightly waxy surface allows for relatively easy erasures. Term “onion-skinning” used in digital world to describe the ghosted display of adjacent frames.
• Animation paper | Sturdy but translucent paper punched for alignment pegs and designed for pencil and pen.
• Layout paper | Smooth-surface bond, slightly transparent, takes markers without bleeding through.
• Cotton Vellum | Typically comes in rolls, made from 100% pure cotton fiber, archival, sturdy, and ideal for inking, transferring a drawing, or making a blueprint.
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