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went into the letterpress room in the library today

greycadejo:

three presses and all the movable type and so many typefaces and INK and INKY APRONS

hand cranks! old brittle cast iron things! 

i want to make books like virginia woolf made books. 

The letterpress room is amazing and it’s housed in an old Mac lab. Drop by next time you’re in Mudd library and peek in!

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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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