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History of Letterpress Printing and Typography
May 02

May 2, 2025

History of Letterpress Printing and Typography

This guided tour of letterpress printing and typography will include the history of letterpress printing, type, and books from 1000 C.E. to now. There will also be demonstrations of how movable type is used, as well as the mechanical history of all the different machines at Common Press.

12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.

Fisher Fine Arts Library, 220 S. 34th St.

two people working the hand-operated press in the background with wood and metal letters in a shelf in the foreground