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Themography vs. letterpress

runnerbride1023 Posted:

Themography vs. letterpress

What is the difference?

RitasEngaged Posted:

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i want to say letterpress is indented into the paper and thermography is raised lettering

MongieToBe Posted:

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Posted by RitasEngaged

i want to say letterpress is indented into the paper and thermography is raised lettering


yup!
ellie424 Posted:

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Thermography is raised printing (if you run your finger over the invite you will feel the printing is raised) and letterpress is printing where the words are pressed into the paper (if you run your finger over the invite you will feel the printing is pressed or pushed INTO paper - not raised). Letterpress tends to be more expensive than thermography.

runnerbride1023 Posted:

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Ah! Thanks! Is letterpress front sometimes shiny?
grkbarbie Posted:

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i dont think ive ever seen shiney letterpress


$$ wise...letterpress is $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
BLBride Posted:

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No - thermography can be shiny though sometimes. Another option that is similar to thermography is engraving, which is also raised but is also pressed through the paper so that you can see the imprint from the reverse side. I ended up getting letterpress.

rdubs Posted:

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I agree, its the thermography that can be shiny. Letterpress is definitely more matte.

runnerbride1023 Posted:

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Oh yea... I meant thermography being shiny. Do they make invitations for dummies. i want to touch the paper see the ink and have someone tell me this is letterpress, this is engraving, etc. I am such a visual person when it comes to these things.

rdubs Posted:

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I sat with a book at my invitation lady and basically touched every single page. Its totally easy to see the difference with it in front of you so once you start looking through books, you'll know.
runnerbride1023 Posted:

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Posted by rdubs

I sat with a book at my invitation lady and basically touched every single page. Its totally easy to see the difference with it in front of you so once you start looking through books, you'll know.


And tomorrow you're going to share your invitation lady info with me right?

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