Letterpress printing

Digital methods are reinventing Gutenberg's signature letterpress as the darling of the DIY world.

Have you ever picked up a printed work and taken a minute to admire the feel of it? You hold the paper and get a feel for the thickness and texture while noting the impressions of each letter? That is the beauty of letterpress. This style of printing presses the image into the paper in [&h...

As part of the AIGA Centennial events, Monotype is working with London’s Alan Kitching, typographer, designer and letterpress practitioner, on a poster exhibit in New York kicking off at AIGA on May 1. (The Typography Workshop in London and Kitching’s studio have the largest collection of wood and metal type in Western Europe.) Kitching has created five limited-edition letterpress printed posters (Colorplan Ebony 270gsm and Colorplan Pristine White 100gsm) printed by Advanced

This detailed outline shares the various supplies you'll need to get started with DIY letterpress at home. Includes budget-friendly & splurge supply options

This is a poster I did for an event at Red Square Agency featuring letter press revivalist Amos Kennedy. Scanned wood block textures and wood type were used for the elements. If you don't know who Amos Kennedy is, check out his work at kennedyprints.com.

Wood type is growing branches all over the country. Frank Baseman, proprietor of Base Press, is “channeling my inner Ben Franklin,” he says. Why? Because “I live just outside of Philadelphia; my first name is Frank; Ben was a very accomplished printer; and several of the quotes I have been using were from witty ole Ben.” His recent series of letterpress posters is the physical manifestation. His rebus quotes will be on view at the Rouse Gallery of the Stuckeman School at The

Check out these helpful tips and tricks from Boxcar Press for ideas on how to create letterpress cards and projects at home with your L Letterpress machine.

1. Airport Gothic Typeface2. Number My Days In Color3. #2These prints are a combination of Letterpress & Wood Type. The Wood Type letters are cut & sanded by hand and taken from letter pressed lead type.

It’s an immense DOUBLE honour to be Poet in Residence at @craftfestival Wales this weekend AND to be collaborating on a range of prints with Nick of @theletterpresscollective - whose work and general ethos I’ve admired for YEARS! ❤️🥳🥰 Here’s how the collab works: we are combining my wordy prowess with Nick’s letterpress printing skills and live-demoing a Limited Edition print, for each day of the festival (a new print, with new words, will be released each day). Here’s our print from Day…

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I love how letterpress looks so I really wanted to try making my own letterpress wedding invitatio...

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This Letterpress At Home Kit is very tempting. My kids and I could have some serious fun with it. Anyone know if it’s any good?

A new book celebrates the wood type prints of type legend, Jack Stauffacher.