Definition of letterpress. Meaning of letterpress. Synonyms of letterpress

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Definition of letterpress

Letterpress
Letterpress Let"ter*press` (-t[~e]r*pr[e^]s`), n. Print; letters and words impressed on paper or other material by types; -- often used of the reading matter in distinction from the illustrations. Letterpress printing, printing directly from type, in distinction from printing from plates.

Meaning of letterpress from wikipedia

- Letterpress printing is a technique of relief printing for producing many copies by repeated direct impression of an inked, raised surface against individual...
- Letterpress is a 2012 turn-based word game developed by Loren Brichter and published by Atebits. In the game, two players take turns creating words with...
- Motifs or designs may be added as many letterpress machines use movable plates that must be hand-set. Letterpress printing remained the primary method of...
- The Letterpress was a rock band from Mesa, Arizona, most widely known for its lack of guitars, as the band originally only consisted of two b****es and...
- print design relied on mechanical technologies such as movable type, the letterpress, and lithography. Chinese alchemist Pi Sheng invented the concept of...
- eighty-three Letterpress, silkscreen, collage, and watercolor Owned by William Andrews Clark Memorial Library 1991 Eve-Venus Letterpress, silkscreen,...
- The Original Heidelberg Platen Press was a letterpress printing press manufactured by the Heidelberger Druckmaschinen company in Germany. It was often...
- font style, e.g., "italic type" Movable type, in letterpress printing Sort (typesetting), in letterpress printing Typesetting, the composition of text by...
- score cavities to contain the printing ink; and woodblock printing or letterpress printing, wherein ink is applied to the raised surfaces of letters or...
- Printer working an early Gutenberg letterpress from the 15th century (1877 engraving)...