Paper directory
Every paper we print on, and how each one actually behaves
452 current stocks across 40 collections. The notes on each page are the same production truths our studio works from, what takes foil, what bites under letterpress, what shows a coloured edge when you cut it.
Colours here are on-screen approximations. Order samples before you commit to a shade.
By mill
GF Smith
Gmund
Gmund Cotton
7 colours
Gmund Action
10 colours
Gmund Heather (formerly Leather)
12 colours
Gmund Urban
8 colours
Gmund Colors Matt
54 colours
Gmund Heidi
4 colours
Gmund Bier
5 colours
Gmund Bio Cycle
5 colours
Gmund Colors Metallic
12 colours
Gmund Colors Transparent
1 colours
Gmund Gold
12 colours
Gmund Hemp
3 colours
Gmund Manteco
7 colours
Gmund Used
11 colours
Gmund Wood
9 colours
Gmund Les Naturals
20 colours
Gmund 925
8 colours
Fedrigoni
Cordenons
Colour
Texture
Behaviour
452 papers
Common questions
- Can I order a sample of these papers?
- Yes. Current stocks are sheets we print on; retired shades are marked as references, and we send physical samples before you commit. Screens misrepresent paper colour and texture badly, the swatch images here are a guide, never a colour match.
- What does dyed-through mean?
- The colour goes all the way through the sheet rather than sitting on the surface. When the card is cut, debossed, or die-cut, the exposed edge is the same colour as the face, no white core. Colorplan, Materica, Gmund Cotton and Wild are all dyed through.
- Which papers take letterpress best?
- Soft, thick, uncoated sheets. Cotton is our default, with Materica and Gmund Cotton close behind. Letterpress ink is semi-translucent, so on dark stocks it reads tone-on-tone rather than as a clean colour, on dark paper we foil instead.
- Do you print on all of these in every product?
- No. Availability varies by product and by run size, a 350gsm Colorplan sheet behaves differently as a business card than as a folded invitation. Tell us the product and we will confirm the stock before anything is charged.