Letterpress
Letterpress
is a form of print using a printing press. The process creates many copies produced
by repeating a direct impression of ink against paper. Letterpress was the
first way of producing printed letterforms, it was invented by Johannes
Gutenberg in mid 15th century. It was mainly used for newspapers and
books for education.
To create
letterpress by hand, hold the composing stick and place the metal type. Place Lead
between each line of type. To line up each line of type, place the longest line
first then line up the shorter lines of type. Ensure you place the type from
left to right. With spacing material, the prompts are called ‘em spacing’ which
are the same size as a lowercase o. To lock the type in place Quoins, this will
stop the type falling out. The ink used for printing is oil based ink. To clean
up use vegetable oil to remove the oil based ink.
A sample I
created using letterpress.
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