What is the Letterpress Text font?
This font, based on the popular and timeless Caslon design, was carefully digitized from the pages of an antique book which was printed in England during the late 18th century.
I was particularly intrigued by a few unique treatments of such characters as the lower case italic ‘p’, the question marks and various swash caps, that I had never seen before. During the conversion process, I made sure to preserve the worn look of faded ink on old paper by maintaining a subtle level of decay and opacity with each character. More…
Used as a text font, The Letterpress Text Family successfully reproduces the appearance of old letterpress lithography.
Letterpress Text Font families
The Letterpress Text includes the following font families:
- Letterpress Text
- Letterpress Text Italic
- Letterpress Text Bold
- Letterpress Text Bold Italic
- Letterpress Text Swash Caps
- Letterpress Text Swash Caps Bold
Letterpress Text Preview
Here is a preview of how Letterpress Text will look. For more previews using your own text as an example, click here.
