1900s – British Letterpress in 100 Objects

Incline Press

Oldham-based brilliant makers of letterpress books…and much more.

Faced with simple frame in which to set type, printers have always needed a device to fill space and hold the whole forme in one piece for printing.

Royal Arms have always conferred an air of authority on printed items and printers have sought to use this in their work.

The mid-1980s newspaper dispute that changed the face of UK newspapers.

A great connector of small printers in the UK and beyond since 1944.

Photopolymer Plate

The clever invention, just too late to make a difference to letterpress’ demise, but that keeps some printers happy today

"Bembo typeface" by Speckled Jim is marked with CC BY-NC 2.0.

Monotype’s sixteenth century-inspired old-style face that was massively popular.

A relief printing process, impressing inked letters on paper but not quite letterpress!