Has letterpress jumped the shark?
June 5, 2011 8:33 AM Subscribe
With the recent rise in interest in traditional printing techniques, from the birth of many new studios to at least one movie in the works, perhaps it is inevitable that something like Apple iPhoto letterpress cards happened.
Does the development of 'iLetterpress' and the ability to get letterpress stationery from big companies like Costco mean that 'tradtional style' letterpress, with its time and cost factors, is doomed to recede once again?
Does the development of 'iLetterpress' and the ability to get letterpress stationery from big companies like Costco mean that 'tradtional style' letterpress, with its time and cost factors, is doomed to recede once again?
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There have been services on the internet to sell photo prints forever. What's so special about this apple product that it needs an FPP?
posted by delmoi at 8:37 AM on June 5, 2011 [3 favorites]
posted by delmoi at 8:37 AM on June 5, 2011 [3 favorites]
What's so special about this apple product that it needs an FPP?
It's Apple, and they need all the free advertising they can get.
posted by paradoxflow at 8:41 AM on June 5, 2011 [1 favorite]
It's Apple, and they need all the free advertising they can get.
posted by paradoxflow at 8:41 AM on June 5, 2011 [1 favorite]
FWIW, today's "letterpress" is actually done using polymer plates, designed entirely digitally. You're damned lucky to come across anyone doing letterpress exclusively with metal or wood type.
posted by Thorzdad at 8:42 AM on June 5, 2011
posted by Thorzdad at 8:42 AM on June 5, 2011
(sigh) Your slight phrasing hiccup has doomed this thread to people picking on Apple by making up nonsense and claiming Apple claims things they don't. And then Blazecock Pileon will come in and correctly but dickishly argue back, and mayhem's gonna happen.
So... oh well. I wanted to hear more about letterpress, but that won't be happening today. I'll be at my Kindle if you need me.
posted by John Kenneth Fisher at 8:43 AM on June 5, 2011
So... oh well. I wanted to hear more about letterpress, but that won't be happening today. I'll be at my Kindle if you need me.
posted by John Kenneth Fisher at 8:43 AM on June 5, 2011
What the heck is "letterpress?" I have never heard of this.
posted by koeselitz at 8:43 AM on June 5, 2011
posted by koeselitz at 8:43 AM on June 5, 2011
I would like everyone to know I have recently come into possession of paper, scissors, an awl and a hole punch and will be taking orders for special *handmade* letterpress cards tomorrow.
posted by parmanparman at 8:43 AM on June 5, 2011
posted by parmanparman at 8:43 AM on June 5, 2011
I have been advertised at and will be seeing this movie and purchasing Apple and Costco letterpress products immediately.
posted by griphus at 8:47 AM on June 5, 2011
posted by griphus at 8:47 AM on June 5, 2011
There's a lot of cute letterpress notecards (and a lot of pretty ugly letterpress notecards) on Etsy. I've noticed knock-offs at Target, so I think it is hitting the mainstream. I assume that like most trends, this will get less trendy at some point, but I can't predict when that will happen.
posted by craichead at 8:53 AM on June 5, 2011
posted by craichead at 8:53 AM on June 5, 2011
I'm psyched that this Kickstarter for a virtual letterpress iPad app made more than double its goal.
posted by Horace Rumpole at 8:55 AM on June 5, 2011
posted by Horace Rumpole at 8:55 AM on June 5, 2011
(I mean, does "letterpress" just mean "printed?")Yeah, just printed using a traditional printing press, apparently.
posted by delmoi at 8:57 AM on June 5, 2011
For one of my senior BFA projects, I produced an edition of 20 12x12 inch books of relief prints and metal type... What an epic undertaking THAT was... holy cow. I had no idea what I was getting myself into. It was worth it though!
posted by blaneyphoto at 8:57 AM on June 5, 2011
posted by blaneyphoto at 8:57 AM on June 5, 2011
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