The popularization of computers and modern printers since the 1980s has clearly resulted in a slow death for typeset printing from the mainstream realm – yet the appeal of letterpress printing over the years has ensured that it lives on. In the case that you love the charm of letterpress prints (admit it – you…
We can slap some text into Photoshop, apply layer styles and churn out some quick LetterPress lookin’ crap, but the process that goes into creating the real thing is much, MUCH more time consuming. RISD students Phil Cao and Kebei Li show the intricate process behind the typesetting task of making one section of one…