Taking a letterpress class is on my life to-do list.

via @designworklife

Language, digital, letterpress…these are just a few of the words that catch my attention, so it’s not surprising that Graphic Arts student Patrycja Zywert‘s use of all three immediately piqued my interest. Her “In Other Words” project explores the effects of textspeak on human language by combining traditional and digital printing methods, resulting in a typographically rich booklet of posters.

By leaving a blank space in the shape of textspeak words we want to highlight that when we take them out of the language, there are plenty of more interesting and suitable words and phrases left around.

The posters are silk-screen printed and letter pressed to show the beauty of pure and ‘analogue’ language (as opposed to digital). Textspeak abbreviations are kept in digital/pixel style font and all the words around are made of wood type fonts and therefore look more traditional. Our lives are becoming digital yet traditional ways seem to always work well and appear more human.”

For more of Patrycja’s work, check out her portfolio and blog.

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One of my dreams is to learn about printmaking and book arts, so when I saw the video for The Complex of All of These, it took my breath away with its letterpress, handmade paper, and handsewn bindings. The project was done at the Women’s Studio Workshop, a visual arts organization in New York.

via The Ministry of Type

I am loving this typography set from Etsy’s afavorite that combines typographical wordplay with letterpress loveliness.

Typography Set from afavorite

From the description:

The series is based off some of my favorite & maybe even one not so favorite fonts. Playing on words & meaning while creating visual interest with typography. Perfect for any font savant, designer or typoholic.

The set is currently sold out, but the cards are still available individually in afavorite’s Etsy shop.