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Did you know that Oberlin has a letterpress studio? A dozen students have spent the month of January in Mudd library learning everything there is to know about typesetting and printing presses, and now they are completing their final project: a collaborative art and essentials book for a post-apocalyptic world. Read more about the beginnings of the Letterpress at Oberlin on the blog of Eli Goldberg ‘12. Photo by Ma’ayan Plaut ‘10.

Did you know that Oberlin has a letterpress studio? A dozen students have spent the month of January in Mudd library learning everything there is to know about typesetting and printing presses, and now they are completing their final project: a collaborative art and essentials book for a post-apocalyptic world.

Read more about the beginnings of the Letterpress at Oberlin on the blog of Eli Goldberg ‘12.

Photo by Ma’ayan Plaut ‘10.

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