University of Arizona Students Print the Old-School Way

In the era of texting and tweeting, a centuries-old communication technique still has fans at the University of Arizona. A few times a week, 20-somethings gather inside a former campus eatery, leaving high-tech behind for a world of wood and metal type and hand-mixed inks at the UA Letterpress Lab.

Here, they create books, cards, posters and whimsy using techniques that date back to the 15th century when the printing press was born.