Other printed products

Scot­land’s print­ing indus­try is well known for its diverse out­put. Although book and news­pa­per print­ing are the best known, oth­er impor­tant sec­tors of the Scot­tish print­ing indus­try are:

• Maps and plans, for exam­ple Bartholomews and W & A K Johnson
• Labels for bot­tles and jars
• Pack­ag­ing such as card­board car­tons, and more recent­ly plastics
• Mag­a­zines and comics
• Braille
• Ban­knotes
• Cheques
• Post­cards, Valen­tines of Dundee
• Sewing pat­terns, for Sim­plic­i­ty Pat­terns of Paisley
• Posters
• Tar­gets