What is Letterpress?

For over five centuries, books, newspapers and magazines were produced exclusively using this printing process. The printing technique invented by Johannes Gutenberg in the middle of the 15th century has since evolved. In the 1960s and 1970s, it was displaced by offset printing due to ever-increasing print runs, but has been experiencing a major renaissance in recent years for high-quality and tactile applications.

In the past, the letters were painstakingly set by hand using individual lead letters. Nowadays, specially produced printing plates per printed page make this work step easier. This creates more freedom and creativity in the design of the printed products. Letterpress is a craft that continues to be practiced and improved worldwide thanks to many enthusiastic letterpress specialists and the indestructible letterpress machines from the last century.