In the past, numbers in the financial records of a company were written in red ink to show a loss.

VOA: special.2009.04.26

The artist draws an image with oily ink onto a piece of stone or other flat surface.

VOA: special.2009.09.02

But others say he wrote this way because he was left-handed and writing backwards was easier and helped keep the ink from smearing.

VOA: special.2010.09.15

But these drawings were made by pressing paper against broken sheets of glass covered in ink.

VOA: special.2009.05.06

This metal form is chemically treated before being covered with ink and then pressed onto paper.

VOA: special.2009.09.02

The area where the original image was drawn will then attract the oily printer's ink.

VOA: special.2009.09.02

When the wood has been cut, liquid color called ink is painted onto the surface.

VOA: special.2009.09.02

She began making a pen and ink drawing for a story in a magazine.

VOA: special.2009.08.01

When printing begins, the stone is kept wet and then covered with oily ink.

VOA: special.2009.09.02

Ms.Kearns chooses papers made from recycled materials, often with colors made from soy ink.

VOA: special.2011.03.09

But the blank areas will reject the ink and will instead attract water.

VOA: special.2009.09.02

Also,many bills now have color-shifting ink that looks like metallic paint.

VOA: special.2010.11.15

He says he likes the cleanliness of ink drawing on paper.

VOA: special.2009.09.02

The address was written in small letters in blue ink.

VOA: special.2009.12.26

This means the ink goes directly onto the paper.

VOA: special.2009.09.02

These parts do not get any ink.

VOA: special.2009.09.02

Two voters in Afghanistan's Kandahar province, where there is a significant Taliban presence, had their ink-stained fingers chopped off by insurgents.

VOA: standard.2009.08.22

Reports from the first round of voting detailed a number of violent attacks by the Taliban, including rocket fire and the amputations of ink-stained fingers on voters' hands.

VOA: standard.2009.10.24