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Letterpress Print Plate

Stable Diffusion
By Varun Sharma Tested with Stable Diffusion SDXL 1.0

Letterpress Print Plate is an SDXL 1.0 prompt that renders a locked-up chase from above. Flat ink-black shapes keep it graphic and avoid readable type.

Last tested: July 2026 with Stable Diffusion SDXL 1.0

Part of the Stable Diffusion prompt library · see more flat design prompts .

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A flat top-down illustration of a letterpress chase locked up with reversed metal type and ornaments.
Letterpress Print Plate — Stable Diffusion SDXL 1.0, Aspect ratio 3:2

Prompt 

A top-down flat illustration of a letterpress chase locked up with vintage metal type and ornamental printers' blocks arranged in a rectangle, the type reversed, flat graphic style in ink black and warm grey on cream paper, clean bold shapes, crisp print-shop illustration

Negative prompt 

blurry, low quality, deformed, readable words, watermark, photorealistic, 3d render, gradient

Settings

Model
Stable Diffusion SDXL 1.0
Aspect ratio
3:2
Steps
30
CFG scale
6.5
Sampler
DPM++ 2M Karras

How to use this prompt

Real letterpress type is reversed, and that is the cue to give the model, but readable words will come back garbled, so the negative prompt bans readable words and the prompt asks for type as bold shapes rather than legible letters. A top-down flat view turns the lockup into a graphic pattern of rectangles and ornaments. Ink black and warm grey on cream paper gives the classic print-shop palette. Naming the chase, the metal frame that holds the type, gives the model the outer rectangle that organises the composition. Keep it flat with no gradient so it reads as an illustration.

Variations to try

  • A close-up of a single ornamental printer's block
  • The chase with a sheet being pressed against the inked type
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For developers — copy this prompt as JSON 
{
  "title": "Letterpress Print Plate",
  "prompt": "A top-down flat illustration of a letterpress chase locked up with vintage metal type and ornamental printers' blocks arranged in a rectangle, the type reversed, flat graphic style in ink black and warm grey on cream paper, clean bold shapes, crisp print-shop illustration",
  "negative_prompt": "blurry, low quality, deformed, readable words, watermark, photorealistic, 3d render, gradient",
  "model": "Stable Diffusion",
  "model_version": "SDXL 1.0",
  "settings": {
    "aspect_ratio": "3:2",
    "steps": 30,
    "cfg": 6.5,
    "sampler": "DPM++ 2M Karras"
  },
  "style_tags": [
    "flat-design",
    "vintage"
  ],
  "use_case_tags": [
    "illustration",
    "branding"
  ],
  "source_url": "https://promptkoi.com/prompts/stable-diffusion/letterpress-print-plate/"
}

The whole library is available as an open JSON dataset · developer docs.