Fountain Pens

Fountain Pen
Use a fountain pen to write on you Letterpress writing paper, wedding invitations and much more. Reid office has a fantastic selection to choose from to suit any budget.

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Letterpress - the original printing process

Letterpress Type

The beauty and texture of
Letterpress printing is second to none.

Wishaw Printing Company are one of the few printers in the UK still printing by Letterpress, in addition to the other modern print processes. As a family run company who have been going for over 30 years, we are proud that we still have truly skilled staff in this traditional craft.

Letterpress is ideal for really special jobs like quality invitations, business cards, wedding stationery, personal writing paper and much more.

This centuries old process works by applying ink to the face of metal type and then pressing the paper or card onto the type and has been used to print everything from bibles to newspapers.

Today we use our Letterpress machinery for specialised work, using our original metal type which is already 50+ years old and is used over and over again . . . you don't get greener than that!

Being a versatile system Letterpress printing can also be achieved by using printing blocks rather than metal type. This allows the modern designer a route to print their designs in Letterpress.