diff --git a/pipi/Makefile.am b/pipi/Makefile.am
index 22c0512..0fd9e56 100644
--- a/pipi/Makefile.am
+++ b/pipi/Makefile.am
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ quantize_sources = \
 dither_sources = \
 	dither/ediff.c \
 	dither/ordered.c \
+	dither/halftone.c \
 	dither/ostromoukhov.c \
 	dither/dbs.c \
 	dither/random.c
diff --git a/pipi/context.c b/pipi/context.c
index 9c461c0..4c8cde7 100644
--- a/pipi/context.c
+++ b/pipi/context.c
@@ -112,6 +112,20 @@ int pipi_command(pipi_context_t *ctx, char const *cmd, ...)
             pipi_free(ctx->images[ctx->nimages - 2]);
             ctx->nimages--;
         }
+        else if(!strncmp(method, "halftone", 8))
+        {
+            double r, angle = .0;
+            method = strchr(method, ':');
+            if(!method)
+                return -1;
+            r = atof(method + 1);
+            method = strchr(method + 1, ':');
+            if(method)
+                angle = atof(method + 1);
+            if(r < 1.)
+                r = 1.;
+            dst = pipi_dither_halftone(src, r, angle);
+        }
         else if(!strcmp(method, "random"))
             dst = pipi_dither_random(src);
         else if(!strcmp(method, "dbs"))
diff --git a/pipi/dither/halftone.c b/pipi/dither/halftone.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f50580e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pipi/dither/halftone.c
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+/*
+ *  libpipi       Proper image processing implementation library
+ *  Copyright (c) 2004-2008 Sam Hocevar <sam@zoy.org>
+ *                All Rights Reserved
+ *
+ *  $Id$
+ *
+ *  This library is free software. It comes without any warranty, to
+ *  the extent permitted by applicable law. You can redistribute it
+ *  and/or modify it under the terms of the Do What The Fuck You Want
+ *  To Public License, Version 2, as published by Sam Hocevar. See
+ *  http://sam.zoy.org/wtfpl/COPYING for more details.
+ */
+
+/*
+ * halftone.c: screening halftone dithering functions
+ */
+
+#include "config.h"
+#include "common.h"
+
+#include <math.h>
+
+#include "pipi.h"
+#include "pipi_internals.h"
+
+pipi_image_t *pipi_dither_halftone(pipi_image_t *img, double r, double angle)
+{
+    double sint, cost;
+    pipi_image_t *dst;
+    pipi_pixels_t *dstp;
+    float *dstdata;
+    int x, y, w, h;
+
+    w = img->w;
+    h = img->h;
+
+    cost = cos(angle * (M_PI / 180));
+    sint = sin(angle * (M_PI / 180));
+
+    dst = pipi_copy(img);
+    dstp = pipi_getpixels(dst, PIPI_PIXELS_Y_F);
+    dstdata = (float *)dstp->pixels;
+
+    for(y = 0; y < h; y++)
+    {
+        for(x = 0; x < w; x++)
+        {
+            double x2, y2, i, j, dist;
+            float p, threshold = .5;
+            int invert = 0;
+
+            x2 = x + .5;
+            y2 = y + .5;
+            i = (cost * x2 - sint * y2) / r;
+            j = (cost * y2 + sint * x2) / r;
+            i = i - (int)i + (i < 0.);
+            j = j - (int)j + (j < 0.);
+
+            if(j > 0.5)
+	    {
+                i = 1. - i;
+                j = 1. - j;
+            }
+            if(i > 0.5)
+            {
+                invert = 1;
+                i = 1. - i;
+            }
+
+            dist = (i - .25) * (i - .25) + (j - .25) * (j - .25);
+            threshold = dist * 4;
+            if(invert)
+                threshold = 1. - threshold;
+
+            p = dstdata[y * w + x];
+            dstdata[y * w + x] = p > threshold ? 1. : 0.;
+        }
+    }
+
+    return dst;
+}
+
diff --git a/pipi/pipi.h b/pipi/pipi.h
index 3325267..6e3b64b 100644
--- a/pipi/pipi.h
+++ b/pipi/pipi.h
@@ -150,6 +150,7 @@ extern pipi_image_t *pipi_reduce(pipi_image_t *, int, double const *);
 extern pipi_image_t *pipi_dither_ediff(pipi_image_t *, pipi_image_t *,
                                        pipi_scan_t);
 extern pipi_image_t *pipi_dither_ordered(pipi_image_t *, pipi_image_t *);
+extern pipi_image_t *pipi_dither_halftone(pipi_image_t *, double, double);
 extern pipi_image_t *pipi_dither_random(pipi_image_t *);
 extern pipi_image_t *pipi_dither_ostromoukhov(pipi_image_t *, pipi_scan_t);
 extern pipi_image_t *pipi_dither_dbs(pipi_image_t *);