letterpress
/ˈletəpres/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈletəpres/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈle-tər-ˌpres/ (ame, mw)
letterpress — noun
1. a way of printing where letters and pictures are cut so they stick up from a met
a way of printing where letters and pictures are cut so they stick up from a metal block, covered with ink, and then pushed onto paper to leave a mark.
Beatriz printed her wedding invitations using letterpress on thick cotton paper.
printed using letterpress (typical method phrase)
The small studio in Kyoto still uses old letterpress machines from the 1920s.
letterpress + machines (common collocation)
Ishaan loved how each card felt slightly pressed into the paper because of the letterpress.
Many small workshops have brought letterpress back as a craft for fancy stationery.
The museum showed how a letterpress printer set each tiny metal letter by hand.
- relief printing
broader technical term covering any printing from a raised surface, including woodblock
- typography
wider field that includes letterpress but also digital and other type-setting work
- offset printing
modern industrial method using a flat plate instead of raised type
- digital printing
ink is sprayed by a computer-controlled printer, with no physical raised surface
文法句型
printed by letterpress
letterpress + noun (attributive)
用法筆記
Usually uncountable when naming the method itself; often used attributively before another noun (a letterpress card, a letterpress workshop). The word names both the technique and, by extension, the older type of machine that uses it.