Halden & Moss
Letterpress studio · est. 2014

Printed slowly, pressed deep, set by hand.

We are a two-person print shop working out of a former bakery. Every card, invitation and broadside is composed in lead and wood type, inked by hand and run through a 1953 platen press, one sheet at a time.

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01 — Selected work

Things we have put ink on lately.

Wedding suite Anna &
Tobias 12 · IX · 2026

Invitation suites

Two-colour on 600gsm cotton, hand-deckled edges.
Business cards Nordlys
Bakehouse Blind deboss

Business cards

Thick, quiet and deeply impressed. Runs from 100.
Broadside No. 31 Make
the slow
thing. A3 · edition of 80

Broadsides & posters

Wood type, big sheets, numbered editions.
02 — How it works

Four steps, none of them fast.

  1. i.

    Brief

    Tell us the words, the paper and the mood. We reply within two working days.

  2. ii.

    Set

    We compose the text in metal and wood, then pull a proof for you to approve.

  3. iii.

    Print

    Ink is mixed by hand to match. Each colour is a separate pass through the press.

  4. iv.

    Finish

    Trimmed, edge-painted if asked, and packed flat in acid-free tissue.

03 — Prices

Plain numbers, before tax.

Business cards, 1 colour100 pcs · 2-sided +40%from 85.00
Invitation, A6 flat50 pcs · 2 colours · envelope incl.from 190.00
Save-the-date cards50 pcs · 1 colourfrom 110.00
Broadside, A3edition of up to 80from 320.00
Custom plate (photopolymer)one-time, reusable35.00

Proofs are always free. Extra colours add one pass each; we will tell you the number before we start.

04 — Journal

Notes from the bench.

A drawer of orphaned sorts

While clearing the back room we found a drawer of mixed 10pt italic, half of it missing the lowercase g. A short story about how we filled the gaps.

Mixing a rust that will not dry green

Oxide reds are temperamental on cotton. Our recipe, the failed batches, and why we now test on offcuts first.

Open studio: thank you

Sixty-one visitors, one jammed platen and a surprisingly good cake. Photographs are pinned up in the shop.

05 — Visit

Come and watch the press run.

Studio

Unit 6, Tanner’s Row
Old Bakery Yard
Ashby Wharf

Write to us by post, or via the shop door

Opening hours

Tuesday – Friday10:00 – 17:00
Saturday11:00 – 15:00
Sunday & Mondaypress days, closed