Letterpress printing has been around for hundreds of years and yet remains one of the hottest trends in stationery. Letterpress business cards still have the ability to turn heads.

The ancient technique involves a surface with raised letters or artwork inked and then pressed into thick, soft paper, adding an exciting, tactile quality to the design.   

Known for producing a clean and elegant style, the letterpress technique is favoured by many designers for creating unique and creative business cards. Here we've picked 50 brilliant examples of letterpress business cards to inspire your designs.

01. Quentin Monge

The pattern work is great on these letterpress business cards.

02. The Fox Yards Company 

3D embossed design makes its mark.

03. Christina Yan 

A sophisticated letterpress option from Belinda Love Lee.

04. OF ZOOS

The cards were designed for Designed for Singaporean online literary journal, OF ZOOS.

05. Rafal Borek Photography 

The historic press was used for this business card design.

06. Mild Whistle 

Beautiful letterpress buisness cards for a Singapore based agency.

07. Elias Mendoza 

These classic-looking cards aim to convey the unique and personalised touch that Mendoza brings to his work.

08. Bailey H Robinson 

Two Arms Inc aimed for a turn-of-the-century look with this card, and got it spot on.

09. Two Sisters Photography

Each sister has her own individual design to go with the striking main design..

10. Mia Parcell 

Typographer Mia Parcell gets a circular letterpress card.

11. Simon Featherstone 

A contemporary logo design and letterpress card for the lighting designer.

12. Graphic Wand 

Simple typography helps make this card design a winner.

13. Adicto 

Combining authentic design with passionate craftsmenship.

14. Lucky Cat Acupuncture 

A adorable anime influenced letterpress business card.

15. Pepelatz 

Andrej Barmelaj developed these postage-stamp inspired letterpress business cards for advertising agency Pepelatz.

16. German Torres 

Letterpress business cards for illustrator German Torres feature his character transforming from human to werewolf.

17. Dane Holmquist 

American artist Dane Holmquist created the illustration for these letterpress business cards himself. 

18. Jee 

Johanna Ecker's gorgeous letterpress business cards double as a tiny notebook.

19. Bentply 

One minute it's a business card, the next it's a Gerald Summers armchair. Cool, huh?.

20. Dot Design 

The distinct shape makes these creative business cards instantly striking.

21. Derek Welsh 

The sleek finish represents Walsh's work perfectly.

22. Whitney Shaw 

We love the colours used on this letterpress business card.

23. Bryon Darby 

The clean-cut, minimal approach works for this letterpress business card.

24. For Luca 

A lovely letterpress card for a worthy cause.

25. Amy Weibel 

The typography is simple but effective.

26. Forge 

The wraparound sticker is an inspired touch.

27. Kitty's Beauty Parlour 

Chất liệu giấy dày (cotton 236lb), logo được in nổi độc đáo.

28. Mei Yen Chua 

The card combines slab-serif and serif typefaces.

29. Meg Gleason 

We love the incorporation of natural images into this card.

30. Denim Geek 

Blush pull off yet another beautiful letterpress printing job.

31. Leigh Cameron 

We love the stark contrast within the colour choices.

32. Britt Boyd 

Combining stunning graphic design and typography, this is one of their best examples.

33. Ninja star 

A letterpress business card that will get 'the point' across.

34. Nili Studios 

The nautical-inspired theme is perfectly executed with the chosen soft blues as well as the waves and anchor logo.

35. Druckerei Eisenhardt 

The bold choice in size, shape and typography make this business card stand out.

36. Stu Horvath 

Dolce Press showcase the intensity of one-colour printing.

37. Skill Lab 

We love Lettera Magica's spin on the usual rectangular shape.

38. Charleston Naturally 

J. Fletcher perfectly echoes his client's ethos, with this natural-looking offering.

39. Jason Turiff 

The ink used for Jason's business card was the perfect balance of blue and green.

40. Fizz Creative 

Featuring two Pantone colours, and printed on thick, ivory white stock, these business cards won awards from the AIGA Cleveland Design Competition and from the HOW+Print Color in Design Competition.

41. Dare 

These letterpress printed cards feature ASCII images of individual employees. We want some!

42. Pablo Abad 

Pablo Abad created this sans-serif typeface specifically for this project.

43. Shyama Golden 

Shyama Golden - 'It Rhymes with Llama'. As in Shama-Llama, get it?.

44. Luke Lucas 

This letterpress business cards design uses phosphorescent ink so that in regular light it appears as a simple debossing but when the lights dim, the logo illuminates in a bright green. Very cool.

45. James Prunean 

Prunean used strong, bold colours that immediately catch your eye and at a first glance look very similar to Pantone colour cards.

46. Santa Barbara Florist

This beautiful type does a very good job in depicting the gracefulness of a florist shop.

47. The Plaid Lab

The printing is so good, it actually looks like Plaid material forms part of the card.

48. Rabbit Hole 

With this business card you also get a cute desktop companion.

49. Still Liquor 

The message here is not to drink and drive. Hence the word still.

50. S2 

Sometimes, all it takes is a nice logo and good letterpress printing.

(Source: Creativebloq)