As part of my process inductions I was
taught how to use the letterpress. This process involves type setting led type
and rolling ink onto them before placing them into the letterpress and printing
my type onto the paper. This process is very interesting as there’s many
different ways of using the letterpress and you can create different effects
such as embossing, simple printing or you can use it to help foiling. This is a
manual process that is often lost in digital design but I enjoyed learning this
new skill and hope to be able to use it in my own designs in the future as it
has a certain nostalgic style and brings a traditional quality to designs,
which is what I hope to do.
The print I produced was a comical quote
that I printed using Times typeface and red ink.
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