Palisade Letterpress is a two-person print shop in Hoboken, New Jersey. We set type by hand, mix every ink to order and print on heavy cotton stock that holds a deep, crisp impression.
Plan a studio visitInvitations, reply cards, envelopes with hand-addressed liners. Two to three ink colors, optional edge painting.
Double-thick 220 lb cotton, blind deboss or one-color impression, duplexed edges in any Pantone you bring us.
Flat cards, monogrammed notes and correspondence sets with lined envelopes. Plates kept on file for reorders.
Short runs of 25–200 for illustrators, bands and small galleries, up to 12×18 inches.
Seasonal menus and coasters for local kitchens. Same-week turnaround for small changes on existing layouts.
Saturday morning classes: set your own name in wood type and pull a run of prints on our proof press.
We started printing in a garage in Weehawken with a single tabletop press bought at an estate sale. Today the shop runs a 1958 Heidelberg Windmill, a Vandercook proof press and a cabinet of wood and metal type rescued from a closed newspaper in Paterson.
We print with soy- and rubber-based inks and buy paper from a family-owned cotton mill in Massachusetts. Offcuts go into gift tags and notebooks, so very little leaves the shop as waste.
Yes. We accept vector files (PDF, AI, EPS) with fonts outlined. Fine lines under 0.25 pt may not hold on cotton stock; we will flag them on the proof.
Fifty pieces for cards and invitations, twenty-five for art prints. Below that the plate and setup costs outweigh the print itself.
We run gold, silver and copper foil on a separate press. Foil can be combined with letterpress colors in the same piece.
Of course. Let us know when you approve the proof and we will schedule the print day so you can stop by.
We ship to Canada. For other countries, ask us first and we will check rates and customs paperwork.
The studio is a short walk from the Hoboken Terminal, on the ground floor of a former cigar warehouse. Visits are by appointment so the presses can be stopped safely while we show you around.
Sample books and paper swatches are always out on the front table.
| Tuesday – Friday | 10:00 – 18:00 |
| Saturday | Workshops only |
| Sunday – Monday | Closed |