One of the most thorough and impressive letterpress resource sites on the internet today. This extremely well presented website has any and all information for the letterpress enthusiast, from novice to professional. Every letterpress link you can every want or need can be found at this site. An excerpt from their site reads: "YOU can print! You can do real printing, even if now you can’t tighten a nut, can’t boil water, can’t tell type from tape, live in one room with three other people, and have to hoard your money... It’s simple, it’s fun, it’s useful, and you’ll have something to show!"


Welcome to the wonderful world of letterpress printing! To start you on your way in this exciting, challenging, rewarding and anachronistic avocation, what follows is an introduction, freshly prepared for the start of the new millennium and updated to 2005, to the people, places, and online resources that will save you a great deal of time as you embark upon your letterpress activities. At the end of the document are links to dozens of other sites, many of which themselves contain links to hundreds of additional sites related to letterpress printing.


Their links and information include: An Overview of Letterpress Printing, Letterpress Printing and Printers, Internet Mailing Lists, National and Local Printing Groups, Online Resources, Print Resources, Classes and Academic Programs, Printing Museums, Letterpress Printing Manuals, Design and Book Arts Manuals, Acquiring Books and Manuals, Letterpress Equipment, Choosing a Press, Letterpress Dealers, Accessories and Supplies, Letterpress Printing Suppliers, Paper and Papermaking, Bookbinding, Printing Type, and Type Casting. Give Five Roses Letterpress Resource a visit and you will never be disappointed.