Artcadia offer both affordable flat digital printing and traditional letterpress printing. While passionate about everything we create, our roots are in letterpress as our business was born from a relic of a treadle press! It’s impossible to ignore the texture and gorgeous tactile feel that letterpress uniquely offers.
We use high quality papers for all of our stationery. If you aren’t print savvy and unsure of the difference between digital and letterpress printing, here are some those differences explained:
PRINTING
TEXTURE
PAPER
INK
DIGITAL PRINTING
2006 HP Indigo - One of the greenest printers on the market
Ink sits on the surface of the paper with no texture
320gsm lightly textured natural white paper
Unlimited choice of colours and shades. Matte only (non metallic)
LETTERPRESS
1960s Heidelberg Windmill
A deep impression from the ink being pressed into the paper
Thick cotton papers in off white or ivory natural. 440gsm produced in a UK paper mill just for us
Inks are hand mixed for each print run. Gold and silver inks can be used for a metallic sheen. Blind deboss for a no colour impression