1Printing from a hard raised image under pressure, using viscous ink.
凸版印刷
Example sentencesExamples
I think perhaps this explains my addiction to letterpress.
The first edition of the album sleeve was done by letterpress, an old and rather inefficient means of printing.
Photography liberated painting from strict representation to become abstract and impressionist; television made movies into art as well, and digital printing makes us reverse woodtype, lead, and letterpress.
Printing on aluminum foil can be accomplished by any commercial process, including rotogravure, flexography, lithography, and letterpress.
Only a few artists have used letterpress in such a visually creative way.
2British Printed text as opposed to illustrations.
〈英〉（与图书的插图部分相对而言的）文字部分
the letterpress accompanying the illustrations
Definition of letterpress in US English:
letterpress
nounˈlɛdərˌprɛsˈledərˌpres
1Printing from a hard raised image under pressure, using viscous ink.
凸版印刷
Example sentencesExamples
Only a few artists have used letterpress in such a visually creative way.
Photography liberated painting from strict representation to become abstract and impressionist; television made movies into art as well, and digital printing makes us reverse woodtype, lead, and letterpress.
I think perhaps this explains my addiction to letterpress.
Printing on aluminum foil can be accomplished by any commercial process, including rotogravure, flexography, lithography, and letterpress.
The first edition of the album sleeve was done by letterpress, an old and rather inefficient means of printing.
2British Printed text as opposed to illustrations.