From the course: Learning Print Production
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The art of letterpress
- [Narrator] Letterpress printing is a fairly ancient process but it has new life. It's really had a revival. The origins of letterpress go back to the 1400s. This was Gutenberg's transformative process. Even though it's an ancient process, it has character and elegance. It was the predominant process in printing until the mid-20th century. That's how long it reigned. It's created one color at a time. It's not high speed. It's not high volume. And now it's used mainly for specialty pieces. In letterpress printing, a raised surface, wood, metal, or even linoleum is inked and then pressed into the paper. And that pressure can create an embossed effect, adding dimension to the printed piece. There's been a resurgence of letterpress printing as an artisan process. And there are now even photopolymer plates that can be adhered to a base, giving designers the ability to use letterpress with digital artwork. Letterpress…
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