| Over the years, cultural conventions have lost their | | | | basically the same manner as an ink and rubber stamp |
| formality. We live in a casual society, wherein formal | | | | in that you have a printing plate with a raised design or |
| invitations, and their use, are becoming scarce. Certain | | | | series of letters cut into it. Ink is applied to the raised |
| occasions, however, still demand something a bit more | | | | design, and the plate is pressed onto paper. This |
| elegant and a bit more formal. Letterpress invitations | | | | process leaves a very crisp impression. |
| have a natural air of distinction about them that marks | | | | Modern letterpress invitations marry the old and the |
| them as special. Baby showers, weddings, graduation | | | | new. While the process remains the same as it has |
| ceremonies, retirement dinners, anniversary parties, and | | | | for hundreds of years, the design options are limitless. |
| the like seem to take on an added measure of | | | | The number of fonts, elegant motifs, and colors give |
| significance when announced by letterpress invitations. | | | | consumers an unlimited amount of choices. Letterpress |
| The craftsmanship required to produce letterpress | | | | invitations can be customized with a number of |
| invitations is evident in their sheer beauty. | | | | embellishments such as charms, ribbons, and pocket |
| It is difficult to find hobbyists or craftsmen who | | | | folders. You can create letterpress invitations that are |
| practice the art of letterpress printing. With the advent | | | | at once timeless and contemporary. |
| of computerized typesetting, letterpress invitations | | | | Special occasions deserve something out of the |
| almost went the way of the dodo. The art of | | | | ordinary. Letterpress invitations can even transcend |
| letterpress printing has changed little in four hundred | | | | the occasion, becoming treasured keepsakes of |
| years, and only a few printers still practice its ancient | | | | generations to come. With letterpress invitations, the |
| techniques. Letterpress invitations get their distinct look | | | | excitement surrounding your event is sure to begin as |
| from a process known as relief printing. It works in | | | | soon as these unique, elegant invitations arrive. |