ABSTRACT

This book presents an overview of the convergence of traditional letterpress with contemporary digital design and fabrication practices.

Reflecting on the role of letterpress within the emergent hybrid post-digital design process, contributors present historical and contemporary analysis, grounded in case studies and current practice. The main themes covered include the research on letterpress as a technology and medium; a reflection on the contribution of letterpress to arts and design education; and current artistic and communication design practice merging past, present and future digital fabrication processes.

This will be of interest to scholars working in graphic design, communication design, book design, typography, typeface design, design history, printing, and production technologies.

part I|1 pages

Introduction

part |36 pages

Research Highlight

chapter 1|10 pages

Appropriating Printing

chapter 2|11 pages

Orlando Erasto Portela

Relations Between the Creative Process and Letterpress Printing Methods of an (Almost) Unknown Designer from the Mid-Twentieth Century

chapter 3|9 pages

The Mark on the Wall

part II|2 pages

Introduction

part |44 pages

Education Highlight

chapter 5|9 pages

From Letterpress to Screen

Learning from a Modular Type System

chapter 6|10 pages

PDLPX: The Post-Digital Letterpress Print Exchange

Methodological Innovation in the Exploration of Contemporary Letterpress Practice

part III|2 pages

Introduction

part |38 pages

Practice Highlight:

chapter 8|9 pages

Digital Fabrication

Expanding Access to and Preservation of Letterpress Printing

chapter 9|9 pages

Resisting Hyper-Digitalisation

Investigating Hybrid Practices in Contemporary Graphic Design

chapter 10|10 pages

Computational Design Letterpress

From Procedural Programming to Modular Printing

chapter |2 pages

Conclusion