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A single parchment sheet.

Sheets are used in the production of scrolls and quires. Sheet can be made from either paper or parchment. They are stored under Sheet (top stockpile category).

For more information see: paper industry.

Paper

Paper is made from cloth plants mashed into slurry (at a quern/millstone) and then pressed on a screw press. Both of these actions use the papermaking labor.

Plant	Sheet name	Native Biomes
Cotton	Cotton sheet	Tropical
Flax	Linen sheet	Tropical Grassland or Savanna
Hemp	Hemp sheet	Temperate
Jute	Jute sheet	Tropical
Kenaf	Kenaf sheet	Tropical
Pig tail	Pig tail sheet	Underground
Ramie	Ramie sheet	Tropical
Rope reed	Rope reed sheet	not Glacier, Mountain, or Tundra

Papyrus

Papyrus sheets are made directly from the papyrus sedge plant at a farmer's workshop. Papyrus sedge grows in any Tropical Wetland. Note that the simple term "papyrus" can refer to either the plant or the paper.

Parchment

Parchment is made from hide and milk of lime at a tanner's shop. Parchment made from the hide of a cow is called vellum.

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Plant	Fiber (Paper • Slurry) • Flower • Fruit • Leaf • Oil • Plant powders (Dye • Flour • Sugar) • Seed (Press cake) • Wood
Creature/Plant	Alcohol • Cloth/Thread • Extract (Golden salve • Gnomeblight • Honey • Royal jelly • Syrup • Venom) • Glob • Liquids • Soap
Inorganic	Metal • Milk of lime • Soil (Clay • Sand) • Stone (Ash glaze • Earthenware • Gem • Gypsum plaster • Porcelain • Quicklime • Stoneware • Tin glaze)
Hardcoded	Amber • Ash • Coral • Filth • Fuel • Glass • Grime • Ice • Lye • Magma • Mud • Pearlash • Potash • Salt • Unknown substance • Vomit • Water
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