Derby City Litho

12/24/2025

🎄 Holiday Hours Announcement 🎄
In observance of Christmas Eve and Christmas, our office will close early on Wednesday, December 24, 2025, at 12:00 PM.
We will reopen on Friday, December 26, 2025, at 9:00 AM.
Wishing you and your family a joyful holiday season! 🌟

09/02/2025

Need an appeal printed and mailed? Direct mail, postcards, remit envelopes? Derby City Litho is a one stop shop. Give for good Louisville is September 18th.

Bring joy to Kentuckiana! From fundraising to creating a group giving page for your company in just minutes, discover how you can make a difference on

Donate to the local causes you love most on September 18!

07/29/2025

Print is experiencing a renaissance (was it ever dead?). Brands must skillfully integrate both digital and physical experiences, writes educator, packaging designer, and brand strategist Vicki Strull.

Print is experiencing a renaissance (was it ever dead?). Brands must skillfully integrate both digital and physical experiences.

06/18/2025

Combining Digital and Print:
A blended approach can leverage the strengths of both mediums.

>For example, print can be used to create a strong brand impression and drive traffic to a website, where digital marketing can handle the follow-up and nurturing of leads.

>Print can be more effective for certain demographics or for reaching consumers in specific locations.

>Digital can be more effective for broad reach and data-driven optimization.

Discover how print marketing outperforms digital with higher response and conversion rates, better recall, and greater trust.

05/16/2025

Do you know the 8th wonder of the world?

In 2012, Doug Wilson and his filmmaking cohorts premiered Linotype: The Film, a feature-length documentary centered around the type casting machine. Called the “Eighth Wonder of the World” by Thomas Edison, Linotype revolutionized and society. The film tells the charming and emotional story of the people connected to the machine and how it impacted the world.

For the past two years, Doug Wilson has been traveling the world for the Linotype Book Project.

05/08/2025

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AI is revolutionizing the way businesses grow—but how do you keep your culture intact while embracing the future of work? Small businesses have always thrived on creativity, speed, and human connection. But as teams scale and AI tools become a part of the everyday, the challenge becomes: How do yo...

04/29/2025

Happy Derby Week Ya'll!

04/23/2025

Connecting and Advancing Women in the Print Community.

The mission of hashtag is straightforward: to attract, advance, and advocate for women in the printing industry through education, personal and professional development, networking and community building. Nonetheless, that’s just the tip of the iceberg. Though we primarily advocate and promote women in the industry, we also seek to educate the broader printing industry community on the business and societal benefits of increased diversity, equity & inclusion - because bridging gender-based gaps and creating an industry culture in which women can thrive is a collective effort.

04/22/2025

Windows, WordArt, & What’s Next: A 90s Kid Reflects on Microsoft’s 50-Year Brand Evolution

Ditching the sentimental retrospection, Koto’s 50th anniversary identity for Microsoft reframes its legacy through the lens of makers.

04/17/2025

Girls Who Print, a nonprofit organization and the largest global platform and community for women in the printing industry, proudly celebrates the overwhelming success of PrintHERstory Month 2025, a month-long initiative dedicated to amplifying the voices, experiences, and achievements of women who power the print world.

The overwhelming success of PrintHERstory Month 2025, dedicated to amplifying the voices and achievements of women who power the print world.

04/11/2025

Things that make you go hmmmm....
The average word count used in marketing copy for postcards, and self-mailers has dropped by 30%, and 29%, respectively, over the past 20 years.

Concise copy with a clear call to action and eye-catching graphics are the way to go!

04/02/2025

Commercial Type has been shaping design through typography for two decades for brands such as Puma, Rolling Stone, The Guardian, The New York Times, and MoMA. What's your favorite font or even better what font do you despise?

Commercial Type, the foundry known for work with Puma, "Rolling Stone,' and MoMA, launches a full-service design studio.