Of course, all experienced snoops know that black light ink will appear if you dab it with a damp cloth.
The new travel documents, which are updated every five years, feature advances in the use of security printing by using UV and infrared light, inks and watermarks to stop fraudsters from forging the new designs.
After all these years, consumers are actually going to think that a light blue plunger means light blue ink?
Script: A modern script, clear, with spaces between words; no abbreviations, in a light black ink.
The first object you encounter, "Spine, Chapter 20 (Distracting Distance / Hardy)," features a photograph silk-screened in light-green ink onto a wooden panel.
Ruled in light brown ink for one column of 18 lines below top line (type 15 with two additional vertical lines for the computistical data, 83 x 61 mm.).
He reprinted Barnwell's images in light-safe ink on acid-free paper, cut them out and glued them to clear glass plates, giving them a couple of coats of varnish.
Decoration: 2-line initials at the beginning of the antiphon on fol. 1 are in red; the guide letters for these initials are still visible in light brown ink and some have been ornamented, including one with a crude figure of a person; 2-line initials at the beginning of verses on fol. 1 are in black with black penwork; fol.
Decoration: initials of the names of authorities alternate 1- and 2-line red and blue capitals; the first word of each section begins with a 1-line capital alternating red and blue; guide letters for both initials are written in light brown ink; punctuated with the punctus.
The bill has new features meant to prevent counterfeiting, including two small images of the Statue of Liberty's torch; orange, yellow and red background colors; embedded threads that glow when exposed to ultraviolet light; and ink that changes from a copper color to green when the bill is tilted.
