An imprinting method is disclosed that involves, in an embodiment,
redistributing a volume of imprintable medium in a flowable state over a
target portion of a surface of a substrate into regions of differing
volume corresponding to regions of differing pattern density of an
imprint pattern of a template, contacting the medium while in the
flowable state with the template to form the imprint pattern in the
medium, subjecting the medium to conditions to change the medium into a
substantially non-flowable state, and separating the template from the
medium while in the substantially non-flowable state.