letterpress printing

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letterpress
noun[U]
uk
/ˈletəpres/us
/ˈletəpres/
a method of printing in which raised surfaces covered with ink are pressed ...
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printing
noun
uk
/ˈprɪn.tɪŋ/us
/ˈprɪn.t̬ɪŋ/
the activity or business of producing writing or images on paper or other material with ...
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(Definition ofletterpressandprintingfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The books were originally to be produced byletterpressprinting, meaning the illustrations must be pure line drawings with no tones or washes.
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The original printer's point, from the era of foundry metal typesetting andletterpressprinting, varied between 0.18 and 0.4 mm.
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The most familiar of these techniques areletterpressprinting, embossing, engraving, and thermographic printing (often confused with thermography).
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As a teenager he learnedletterpressprintingand became an artist in a local print shop where he created posters.
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These terms originated from the common layouts of the shallow drawers called "type cases" used to hold the movable type forletterpressprinting.
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Around 1850 the question was being asked whether the rotary press principle was suitable forletterpressprinting.
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In addition to holding its collections, it is a working museum that manufactures matrices forletterpressprinting.
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The current renaissance ofletterpressprintinghas created a crop of hobby press shops that are owner-operated and driven by a love of the craft.
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Trapping and key lines do not work well inletterpressprinting.
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While less common in contemporaryletterpressprinting, it is possible to print halftoned photographs, via photopolymer plates.
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He learned about painting, drawing, printmaking, andletterpressprintingworkshops informally, photography, and art history.
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He is especially known for his innovative efforts inletterpressprinting, bookbinding, and papermaking.
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It is dedicated to the preservation, study, production and printing of wood type used inletterpressprinting.
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Letterpressprintingprovides a wide range of production choices.
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These features include intaglio, offset andletterpressprinting, latent images, micro-printing, and intricate background patterns.
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Since the 1980s, the newspaper industry has largely moved away from lower-qualityletterpressprinting to higher-quality, four-color process, offset printing.
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Still, hand composition andletterpressprintingdid not fall completely out of use, and since the introduction of digital typesetting, it has seen a revival as an artisanal pursuit.
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Offset printing has supplantedletterpressprintingin most printing plants; the last letterpress facility for a newspaper was installed in the 1980s.
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Theo was apprenticed as a stationer and printer, eventually starting his ownletterpressprintingbusiness.
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This allows a flat print plate to be used, enabling much longer and more detailed print runs than the older physical methods of printing (e.g., intaglio printing,letterpressprinting).
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