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LETTERPRESS printing with handset metal type
was developed in the 1400s. Shops were found
just about everywhere after the Gutenberg Bible was
letterpressed until the advent of computers. That's
when the practicality of letterpress was questioned.

BUT WHO EVER SAID WE HAD TO BE PRACTICAL?

While you may have been tirelessly upgrading your
computer system, I was searching scrap metal piles
for a letterpress to call my own. I found one: a big,
old, half-ton Chandler and Price 8x10 platen press.
And unlike a pathetically outdated version of Windows
98, my press hasn't needed an upgrade since a motor
was attached in the early 60s. Not bad for a machine
that's been churning since before FDR was elected.


Like most old things, this press has character. You
can see it in the way it prints. Every card is unique.
Hand-fed, one by one, each changes with the amount
of ink or pressure applied. Yes, Dear Olive Letterpress
stationery, invitations, announcements and limited
edition prints aren't exactly what you'd call practical.

QUITE FRANKLY, IS THERE
A BETTER REASON TO DO IT?
METAL TYPE and
photopolymer plates
are used to make an
impression on paper.
A few written words
from you can have
a similar effect.
Dear Olive Letterpress stationery, invitations,
announcements and limited edition prints are
individually hand-fed through an antique
printing press. Each word and image becomes
three dimensional when pressed into the page.
The result is character you can see and feel.
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