Why This Man Wants To Keep One of Hong Kong’s Last Letterpress Print Shops Alive

Nov 23, 2022

 

You know those pretty cards you get with little indents on each word? Those are made with letterpress printers. Unfortunately, these machines are few and far between today. 

Yam Wai-sang is the second-generation owner of Kwong Wah Printing Company in Hong Kong, part of a dying breed of printers trying to keep this art alive.
 

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