Letterpress printing

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

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

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

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...

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?

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…