letterpress

The process of printing from a raised inked surface.

Something printed in this fashion.

The text, as of a book, distinct from illustrations or other ornamentation.

A press for copying letters by transfer; a copying-press.

Letters or words impressed on paper or other material from printing-types; printed text: so called when subordinate to or in contrast with illustrations.

Consisting of, relating to, or employed in printing from types: as, letterpress printing.

Print; letters and words impressed on paper or other material by types; — often used of the reading matter in distinction from the illustrations.

The printing process in which ink is applied to the top surface of a raised image area, which is then pressed against paper to transfer the image.

 : printing directly from type, in distinction from printing from plates.