Editing Drawing board (section)

== History ==
In the 18th and 19th centuries, drawing paper was dampened and then its edges glued to the drawing board. After drying the paper would be flat and smooth. The completed drawing was then cut free.<ref>{{cite book | last1 = Heather | first1 = John Fry | date = 1884 | title = Mathematical Instruments: Their Construction, Adjustment, Testing and Use: Comprising Drawing, Measuring, Optical, Surveying, and Astronomical Instruments | url = https://archive.org/details/mathematicalins05heatgoog/page/n22 | url-access = registration | series = Weale's scientific & technical series | publisher = Crosby, Lockwood and Co. | pages = 1{{hyphen}}2 | isbn = 978-0344280559 | lccn = 05025600 | oclc = 222119838 | ol = OL32907144M | via = [[Internet Archive]] | df = dmy-all}}</ref>{{rp|pages = [https://archive.org/details/mathematicalins05heatgoog/page/n22 1-2]}} Paper could also be secured to the drawing board with [[drawing pin]]s<ref>''The American engineer'' Volumes 19–20, 1890 page 107</ref> or even [[C-clamp]]s. More recent practice is to use self-adhesive [[drafting tape]] to secure paper to the board, including the sophisticated use of individualized adhesive dots from a dispensing roll. Some drawing boards are magnetized, allowing paper to be held down by long steel strips. Boards used for overlay drafting or [[Traditional animation|animation]] may include [[registration pin]]s or peg bars to ensure alignment of multiple layers of drawing media.