Letterpress notecards

Quilt-inspired letterpress notecards by All Sorts Press

One morning after a heavy snow, Rick walked out into our backyard to go to work and discovered this lovely visitor resting on our shovel handle. True story. Our notecards are locally printed with soy inks in small, delicious batches, on heavy stock with lots of recycled content.

We took a leaf a leaf from our un-begun Kenspeckle early 19th Century spelling primer. With wood and metal type that have been through more than a century's worth of spelling and an imponderable Irish bon mot. 4 x 5.5 inches

"Wee, sleekit, cowrin, tim'rous beastie," said Robert Burns. An early wood engraving of a creature with plenty to worry about. Signed Edition Limited to 100. 4 x 2.5 inches.

Our first Christmas card and still a favorite. All of our notecards are printed locally, on lovely, heavy stock with recycled content.

In a moment of unbridled exuberance, and don't we all need more of those, the Trapper's Daughter takes the otter slide. Our notecards are locally printed with soy inks in small, delicious batches, on heavy stock with lots of recycled content.

Graphic Landscape and Floral Prints by Katie Dean I Artsy Shark

Briar Press: A letterpress community. Museum of Printing Presses, Letterpress Classifieds, Printer's Yellow Pages, and vintage postscript artwork for download.

Tmesis comes from the Greek for "cutting." As far as I'm aware there is only one word in the English language that begins with tm-, making tmesis a nifty word to know about regardless of its meaning. But imagine my delight when I discovered that tmesis has an interesting definition too! It isn't mere spelling trivia -- it's the word for one of my favorite linguistic phenomena! tmesis - the interpolation of one or more words between the parts of a compound word or between syllables My…

Britt Junod Rohr • Swell Press on Instagram: "new notecards for wedding orders // two color letterpress front (use it as a print!). CAN YOU TELL the background pattern is actually wood type that we scanned for @greentie.studio to make an abstract pattern with!? #swellbranded #swellpresspaper"