# Letterpress Wood Type: motion graphics style

> An inked roller crosses thick cotton paper and leaves wood-type letters pressed deep into it. Patchy ink, wood-grain streaks, a red second color slightly off register and a raking light sell the deboss. Based on hand-set wood-type printing.

- Category: [Print & Design Movements](https://aimotions.art/category/print-design-movements/)
- Also known as: letterpress effect, wood type print, debossed text, vintage letterpress, press print texture, hand set type, two color letterpress
- Demo built with: Canvas · Energy: Calm · Background: Light bg
- Live demo: https://aimotions.art/styles/letterpress-wood-type/
- Spanish version: https://aimotions.art/es/estilos/letterpress-wood-type/

## Prompt (replace [TEXT] with your text)

```text
Show [TEXT] being printed from wood type on a letterpress. Thick cream cotton paper with visible fibers fills the frame. A heavy inked roller travels across the sheet; behind it the first color appears: [TEXT] in brick red as an offset shadow plus red rules and small diamond ornaments. A second roller pass prints [TEXT] in near-black, slightly out of register with the red. Set it in an ornamented Western-style wood display face with small supporting lines in condensed gothic capitals. The ink is patchy, with horizontal wood-grain streaks, pale specks and a darker squeeze at the letter edges, and every letter is pressed deep into the paper: shadowed upper-left inner walls, lit lower-right walls. Hold while a raking light slides across, then the sheet slides away and a fresh one appears.
```

## Visual DNA

- Thick cream cotton paper with fibers and a deep debossed impression
- Patchy ink with horizontal wood-grain streaks and pale dropouts
- Second color (red) printed as an offset shadow, slightly out of register
- Heavy roller passes across the sheet, revealing each color behind it
- Raking light slides across during the hold, shifting the deboss shading

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How to cite: Letterpress Wood Type, aimotions, https://aimotions.art/styles/letterpress-wood-type/