Publicide is excited to announce that we have been chosen to carry Legion Papers! Legion is a fine art and letterpress paper company that distributes a whole bunch of excellent small paper manufacturers. The list is really exhausting and so you should take a look at the bunches of fine paper mills they stock. A whole lot of these are handmade and I think they're all made of cotton.
Our two favorites so far are the Arturo and the Rising Museum Board. The Arturo is made in Italy by Cartiere Magnani, a 600 year old paper company still going strong today. And we thought our letterpress was old. Nope. Its 1850s design has got nothing on this place. They're so old they don't even need a website for me to link to on this blog.
The Rising Museum Board gets a mention because it is without a doubt the thickest cotton paper I have ever seen. It comes up to 120pt. That means you could fit about 3 business cards in your whole purse or pocket if they were printed on this stuff. I suppose technically it's not a paper, but a board—but if anybody out there wants to take the plunge, I will let the letterpress chew on it. It's sure to be a show-stopper.
I've got swatchbooks here at the printing press so come down and check these out!
-Dusty
Publicide, Inc
Letterpress, Printing + Design
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New York, NY 10013
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