The process is messy, requires some manual labor and takes meticulous detail and attention to complete perfectly. But the old-fashioned and intricate ways of the letterpress are gaining popularity in ...

The tiny town of Dorrigo on the Mid North Coast of New South Wales is home to Australia's last letterpress newspaper: the Don Dorrigo Gazette. The letterpress process was invented in the 15th century ...

NEW YORK—Robert Wilson pries off the metal lid of what looks like a can of paint. “The ink is really thick, almost like honey,” he says, spooning out a small dollop of it before spreading it over the ...

The Web site of Trip Print Press declares them to be "Practioners of the black art, letterpress." Some use the letterpress process purely for the nostalgia factor, but TPP works with it because of its ...

In a world where the term "changing the font" conjures the drag and click of a computer mouse, a visit to the San Francisco Center for the Book provides a whole new appreciation for those newspaper ...

In a world of fast-paced connectivity, digital books, and face-to-face interactions using electronics, Alex Green finds solace when poring over a letterpress, meticulously placing each individual ...

THE PRINCIPAL OF STUDIO ON FIRE IS BEN LEVITZ, wiry and boyish with blunt-cut sandy hair and spectacles that, like Sarah Palin’s, stand out from his face. But unlike the Republican vice-presidential ...

Did you know that John Dunlap, famed for printing the Declaration of Independence, apprenticed here in Lancaster? Or that the Articles of Confederation, the precursor to the Constitution, was printed ...