How to Use letterpress in a Sentence

letterpress

noun
  • Give her letters a lift in style with these custom letterpress cards.
    — Mark Stock, Men's Health, 17 Dec. 2022
  • The short food menu appears to have been printed by letterpress.
    — Pete Wells, New York Times, 6 Feb. 2018
  • But no one has really seen what letterpress printing is like and how to use it.
    — The Economist, 18 Dec. 2019
  • The art and craft of letterpress is an integral part of the story.
    — Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 29 May 2014
  • The sentences seem to have been composed in lead type and locked into a letterpress.
    — New York Times, 13 June 2022
  • Roof-deck movie screenings and letterpress classes are on offer.
    — Alix Strauss, New York Times, 22 June 2017
  • Even the packaging and labels are self-designed and letterpress printed by hand.
    — Jennifer Billock, Smithsonian, 31 Jan. 2017
  • The neighboring studios are used by a ceramist, a glassworker and a letterpress, and there are chickens in the back.
    — New York Times, 31 Dec. 2021
  • The invitation had the exact arch printed on orange and pink letterpress.
    — Damaris Calhoun, ELLE Decor, 8 Mar. 2011
  • Hamilton began as a producer of wood type back in the day when most publications were printed on a letterpress.
    — Rick Barrett, Journal Sentinel, 15 May 2024
  • From courtly letterpress to modern, there is stationery with the perfect look and feel to let friends and family know to reserve the day just for you two.
    — oregonlive, 4 Sep. 2020
  • King took his role as publisher literally, letterpress printing all the pages and binding them by hand with needle and thread.
    — Rachel Hutton, Star Tribune, 14 Apr. 2021
  • Her dream is to open a brick-and-mortar studio that provides calligraphy and letterpress services and hosts workshops and events.
    — Aurelie Corinthios, PEOPLE.com, 13 Nov. 2019
  • These are the dishes of memories, not restaurant menus rewritten every day on custom letterpress stationery, signed by the chef.
    — Alex Beggs, Bon Appetit, 10 Mar. 2017
  • Choose from a variety of colors and printing methods, including flat, foil, or letterpress.
    — Alyssa Gautieri, Good Housekeeping, 8 Aug. 2022
  • The real fun of the film’s typography lies in its spacing, which draws on the look of letterpress printing and then exaggerates it.
    — Eliza Brooke, Vox, 12 Nov. 2018
  • Nicely Noted’s subscription sends customers a packet of three letterpress cards per month.
    — Maria Ricapito, Marie Claire, 7 Dec. 2020
  • Chandler & Price letterpress from Cleveland sits nearby and is used for demonstrations.
    — Marc Bona, cleveland, 18 Jan. 2022
  • The cards were made by Brian Wood, a neighbor of the couple who runs Dogs & Stars, a small batch letterpress print shop.
    — Lois Smith Brady, New York Times, 5 July 2019
  • Instead, on the front of the dream book, the title was spelled out in metal type that floated just above the cloth of the binding, as if set in an invisible letterpress chase.
    — Caleb Crain, The New Yorker, 4 Dec. 2023
  • Bolstered by the invention of the letterpress, interpretations of the white bear began to appear in print.
    — Michael Engelhard, Smithsonian, 31 May 2017
  • The new location will be home to The Press Room, which is a museum, letterpress print show, bar and private event space.
    — Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 13 Oct. 2021
  • Lauren expertly mixes letterpress and other tools like laser cutting to give customers truly unique designs.
    — Grace Palmieri, azcentral, 16 Mar. 2018
  • The logos seem like they were hand-drawn with a large quill pen or stamped with an antique letterpress, and the boxes are made out of some material that looks tastefully recycled.
    — Alex Delany, Bon Appetit, 18 June 2018
  • Depending on the week, find tiny frames, letterpress cards, butterbells, and sequin handbags—or something else entirely.
    — Riley Wilson, Travel + Leisure, 19 June 2026
  • Inside, multi-ton letterpresses clank and whir, fires roar, melting down metal and bookbinders painstakingly fold pages upon pages upon pages.
    — John Metcalfe, The Mercury News, 18 July 2024
  • The one-of-a-kind wedding invitations — created by a friend on an antique letterpress as a gift to the couple —arrived Wednesday.
    — Justin L. MacK, Indianapolis Star, 30 Mar. 2020
  • They were not amused when Barlow published Lovecraft’s commonplace book in a letterpress edition of seventy-five copies.
    — Paul La Farge, The New Yorker, 9 Mar. 2017
  • The museum is also well-known for its workshops on papermaking, bookbinding, letterpress printing, and more.
    — Brittanie Shey, Chron, 28 Mar. 2023
  • As a young man in Cleveland, Charles Geschke was fascinated by the science behind letterpress printing.
    — Washington Post, 20 Apr. 2021

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