Letraset was a company known mainly for manufacturing sheets of typefaces and other artwork elements using the dry-transfer lettering method. Letraset was acquired by the Colart group and became part of its subsidiary Winsor & Newton.

Pioneer of dry transfer lettering in 1961, Letraset created many original typeface designs which were later licensed to other foundries and digitized. Founded TSI Typographic Systems International (TSI) in 1979 to license Letraset exclusives to other manufacturers.

Now, after four years in the making, Unit Editions presents us with “Letraset: The DIY Typography Revolution”, literally the first comprehensive history of the rubdown lettering system that revolutionised typographic expression.

Diazo proof letters and Symbols (Drafting Symbol Set) on tracing mediums or paper need no protection. INSTANT LETTERING® transfers on metal or painted surfaces can be protected against abrasion and weather with 3 or 4 coats of Datakoat Clear Protective Coating (either brush on enamel or spray).

2018年2月15日 · It’s the first comprehensive history of Letraset, the rubdown lettering system “that revolutionized typographic expression.” I asked Shaughnessy what was at the bottom and top of that revolution.

Patented in 1962, Letraset transfers were an instant commercial hit, and ended up in millions of people’s homes. In the years that followed, other businesses took advantage of the same technology, with transfers produced by the Veneto-based company R41 becoming very popular in Italy, for example.

2017年11月25日 · The original Letraset System comprised a library of transfer sheets that were pre-printed with fonts of alphabet letters. The majority of these typeface letter sheets were in sizes and fonts that were most frequently used – nowadays called true-type styles and point font sizes.

Cover of 1966 Letraset catalogue for dry transfer lettering in English and German. The publication includes 68 typefaces – from Albertus to Wide Latin – plus symbols, screens, ornaments and textures.

Letraset: The DIY Typography Revolution is the first comprehensive history of Letraset, the rubdown lettering system that revolutionised typographic expression.

2018年1月18日 · Letraset: The DIY Typography Revolution is the first comprehensive history of Letraset, the rubdown lettering system that revolutionised typographic expression. The book tells the Letraset story from its early days as a difficult-to-use wet system, to its glory years as the first truly democratic...

2018年3月14日 · This is the book “Letraset: The DIY Typography Revolution”, the first comprehensive history of the rubdown lettering system that revolutionised typographic expression.

2010年3月10日 · A quick tutorial on how to use dry transfer lettering. Thanks to Letraset and other dedicated Internet users who so graciously had pictures of Letraset catalogs, dry transfer lettering...

Over the next few weeks we ’re going to be featuring a selection of highlights from our Letraset book, our visual history of the rubdown lettering system that revolutionised typographic expression.

2010年9月17日 · Letraset’s products included border sheets, shading film, and various textures, which, when applied in enough layers, generated odd moiré patterns and printing disasters.

Letraset (for those of you who don’t know) was the brand name for the original dry-transfer lettering product that revolutionised graphic design in the 1960s.

Letraset was originally formed in 1961 to market dry transfer lettering, which made a range of original display typefaces available to designers at low cost. Letraset was subsequently acquired by Esselte in 1981, and in 2001 Esselte sold Letraset to directors Martin Gibbs and Mike Travers.

Letraset revolutionised the World of typography with their Instant Lettering, which (like Instant Pictures & Action Transfers afterwards) were dry rub-down transfers. But Instant Lettering wasn't perfected until 1961.

Letraset was formed to exploit the invention of transfer sheet lettering in 1959. Letraset always ran an adventurous letter design program and from 1964 under the leadership of design director Colin Brignall, built a distinctive library of display typefaces.

Spacematic — an automatic spacing system which gives optically correct letter spacing. The Letraset adhesive, once burnished holds the letter firmly in place. It's also heat resistant for …

2024年11月24日 · Index of typefaces available as dry transfer from Letraet. If the typeface name indicates a family, the individual styles will be listed within that entry. An asterisk (*) indicates an entry that includes images of some sheets.