Letterpress Thank You Cards

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Letterpress Thank You Cards

Letterpress thank you cards are printed on thick, 100% cotton stock, usually 220gsm or heavier, run through a press that presses each letter and design element into the paper rather than laying ink on top of it. The result is a card with a visible, touchable impression — you can run a finger over the design and feel the depression in the paper, which is the main reason brands choose letterpress over a standard digital print. The cotton stock also has a soft, deckled feel at the edges that reads as premium the moment someone picks it up.

Because letterpress uses physical plates, designs run in one to three flat ink colors rather than full-color photography or gradients, so we typically simplify logos and artwork into clean line work before setup. Each color requires its own plate and press pass, which is part of why letterpress runs slower and at a higher unit cost than digital printing — we will flag anything in your artwork that needs simplifying during the free mockup stage, before any plates are made.

Letterpress is the format weddings and luxury boutiques reach for when a card needs to feel like an object worth keeping — a wedding welcome note, a bridal shop thank you, or a high-end professional practice sending a personal note to a client. The tactile impression does a lot of the work that color or photography would do on a digital card, so a simple one-color design on cotton stock can still feel more special than a busier full-color piece.

Send your logo or wording and we will simplify it for letterpress if needed, then send a free mockup of your letterpress thank you cards within 24 hours — get a quote for letterpress thank you cards today.