An in-depth overview on the world of letterpress: history, examples,
designers and everything there is to know about the renewed interest by
graphic design in movable types and typography.
Today letterpress is in revival and widely used by graphic design in
books, posters, bespoke stationery like invitations, name cards,
letterheads and so on. Letterpress and typography designers like Alan
Kitching or Jesús Morentin crave out their names in the
computer-generated design world with beautiful-composed types. This book
introduces the history and the process of letterpress printing and
includes a list of classic movable types arranged in style order. The
volume also includes letterpress designers, artists, type foundries,
institutions, or even museums from all over the world, each with an
elaborated biography and exclusive interviews with the most relevant
professionals in this area. It will prove to be a handbook for type
designers, letterpress designers, type lovers, design students and
ordinary readers who enjoy crafts and prints. Letterpress is a Chinese
invention from the 10th century consisting in movable types and later
adopted in the western hemisphere about 1440, forever changed the face
of communication and the speed in which information could be passed
along from person to person.
