Is my design good for letterpress?
Letterpress is a beautiful process that can achieve amazing results. But it's important to remember that letterpress is an old process and has some limits as to what style of design works best.
| Suitable | Not suitable |
| Small number of one or two spot colours | Large number of colours or full colour photographs |
| Dark text on a light paper background | Light text on a dark printed background |
| Pen and ink style linework illustration | Photos, gradients, washes or tones |
| Vector artwork from Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign or Affinity Designer | Raster artwork from Adobe Photoshop, Corel Paint or MS Paint |