Letterpress Printing

Gutenburg invented it. It's timeless. It's lovely. It's letterpress.

I tried out a local letterpress printer, 12 Tons of Letterpress, for some personal coffee bags.  Bram Meehan, the printer, sent me a photo of the press & printed bag (posted below!). The bags are beautiful. He does wonderful work - he can even print very thin lines. I complemented business card at an AIGA meeting and it was indeed 12 Tons of Letterpress work! The card was for Think all Day - the logo is a really thin T. It looked perfect.

Letterpress is printing old fashion style - using ink & a press - the main form of printing until the 20th century. It is currently used as an artisanal form. I highly recommend this printing if you want a one/two color 'stamped' feel to a project. Letterpress looks amazing for business cards and wedding invitations, and well, coffee bags!