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Letterpress Printing Workshop

Wednesday, February 13, 2019, 3:00pm - 5:00pm
Lamont Library
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Upper case, lower case, points and fonts. They have a long and interesting history! Discover how printing was done from the middle of the fifteenth century until well into the nineteenth. In this hands-on session, you will learn about the history and technology of moveable type, set type, and then, using the iron handpress in the Houghton Library Printing Room, print a keepsake to take with you.

Instructor: Hope Mayo, Lecturer for Houghton Library 

Meet in Lamont Library Lobby. Harvard ID required for entry to Lamont Library.

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