This event is in the past.It took place on February 14, 2026 at Ann Arbor District Library: Downtown.
Channel your inner printer's devil in the library's Secret Lab, where antique wood type and a vintage Vandercook press await. You'll hand-ink and print your own project using fonts that haven't seen ink in decades.
Hands-on workshop
Vintage equipment
Creative afternoon
Small group setting
Tips
⏰arrive at noon for the equipment demo
🪵hundreds of wood type fonts to explore
🎨finish a quick project or stay to experiment
Letterpress Open Lab
Old Fourth Ward
Channel your inner printer's devil in the library's Secret Lab, where antique wood type and a vintage Vandercook press await. You'll hand-ink and print your own project using fonts that haven't seen ink in decades.
Hands-on workshop
Vintage equipment
Creative afternoon
Small group setting
Tips
⏰arrive at noon for the equipment demo
🪵hundreds of wood type fonts to explore
🎨finish a quick project or stay to experiment
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