Craft · 6 pages · 12 min

How letterpress leaves a bite

Raised type is pressed into the sheet, so the inked letter sits in a shallow dent.

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From the opening

Letterpress prints from a raised surface that is inked and pressed into the paper, so the pressure can push that surface below the plane of the sheet. The bite is that shallow dent, left because the type stood proud and the fibers had to yield around it. The opening covers raised type pressed into the sheet, the dent is the impression, and a kiss can barely mark.

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Raised type pressed into the sheet
The dent is the impression
A kiss can barely mark
Packing evens the pressure
Where the idea stops applying
A distinction worth keeping

Sources

Relief impression in letterpress
Makeready and the kiss impression

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How letterpress leaves a bite

From the opening

Inside

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