2.4
INTRODUCTION TO HAND PRINTING TECHNIQUES
2.4.1 LETTERPRESS
• Letterpress is a relief printing technique. • Individual letters and punctuations are placed carefully in a stick, which is then transferred on the chase, fit and then locked on the chase bed in the letterpress machine. • The ink is then spread on the letters by the ink roller, the machine then works in a back and forth manner making an impression on the paper which is placed parallel to the chase. • Letterpress was the first form of mass production of print • Extremely important technological innovation, print now became available to the masses • The print makes an impression on the paper like no other printing technique. The print is tactile. • Letterpress gives a greater visual definition to the type compared to other prints. • Letterpress excels at fine typography • Classic feel and finish of the letterpress paper takes us back to an era of quality and craftsmenship.