Overmatter: The Letterpress Cats

Looking at pictures or funny videos of cats is, we’re told, the number one [legal] activity on the internet.

What, you ask, has that got to do with printing? Well, let joy be unconfined because the twin passions of print and feline fandom have now been combined in a Flickr group showing photographs of ‘Letterpress Cats’.

From Misty in the Composing Room (above) courtesy of Coggeshall-based Typoretum, to an Adana draped with two tabbies by Christine Gittings there’s plenty to ‘ooh’ and ‘aah’ about.

A cat’s ability to make itself comfortable in the most inappropriate location is also ably demonstrated by the snoozing Senshi and his Rollers at Lunada Bay Letterpress.

We’re struggling to find a favourite, although we’re rather taken by the grumpy looking Huey the Original Hatch Fat Cat of Hatch Show Print in Nashville, who has a face only his mother could love.

If you want to contribute a pic of your own print pussy, or just fancy wasting a bit of time looking at pictures of cute kitties, you can find the group at bit.ly/pw-letterpresscats