tooth
A characteristic of the grain surface of various
papers. Tooth is often a result of the wove marks
impressed on the underside of the web of paper by
the Fourdrinier wire of the papermaking machine,
but it may also be caused by very small
depressions between fibers or groups of fibers in
the surface of the paper, or by the impression of
the mesh of the felt fabric on the web of paper as
it travels through the press rolls. Tooth is a
characteristic of low finish in drawing papers,
and is characteristic of virtually all handmade
papers. The "tooth," meaning the roughness of a
paper, expresses its ability to take pencil and
crayon writing or drawing. Also called BITE (2) . (17 , 316 )
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