British Letterpress

British Letterpress

Welcome!

We have hands-on guides to almost all aspects of let­ter­press print­ing; inform­a­tion about print­ing press­es and let­ter­press type; in-depth art­icles about some of the more obscure areas of print­ing; and the hub of the let­ter­press com­munity in the UK, cov­er­ing tuition, print­ers and muse­ums.

Benj. Brun­dell

What’s New

  • A Year of Letterpress Printing!

    A Year of Letterpress Printing!

    Leices­ter Print Work­shop are offer­ing a stun­ning year-long course in let­ter­press print­ing, host­ed by the high­­­ly-rec­om­­mend­ed David Armes and Theo…

Main Sections

  • Letterpress Guides

    Letterpress Guides

    Step-by-step guides to take you through the let­ter­press process

  • Type and Typography

    Type and Typography

    The build­ing blocks of the prin­ted word and today’s graph­ic design

  • Presses

    Presses

    A com­pre­hens­ive cat­a­logue of Britain’s most pop­u­lar let­ter­press machines

  • Printing Industry

    Printing Industry

    His­tor­i­cal arti­cles and in-depth analy­sis of let­ter­press

  • Community

    Community

    The hub of today’s UK let­ter­press com­mu­ni­ty