Rif Raf :: The Official Blog of the Rochester Advertising Federation» Dock 2 Letterpress http://www.rafconnect.com/blog The Official Blog of the Rochester Advertising Federation Mon, 28 Jun 2010 14:37:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Webster, where life is worth printing. http://www.rafconnect.com/blog/2009/09/17/webster-where-life-is-worth-printing/ http://www.rafconnect.com/blog/2009/09/17/webster-where-life-is-worth-printing/#comments Fri, 18 Sep 2009 03:54:30 +0000 Joseph Mayernik http://www.rafconnect.com/blog/2009/09/17/webster-where-life-is-worth-printing/ This Friday one of the Rochester area’s newest cultural gem’s is having a Grand Opening. Dock 2 Letterpress is a printing company like no other. Specializing in handset typography and printing on antique hand fed printing presses. They celebrate an art form that since the age of computers has gone the way of the 8-track. It’s combing through drawers of wooden typefaces. It’s large iron printing machines powered by feet not electricity. It’s the feel of the deboss, and the smell of the ink that cannot be replaced by Photoshop.

This is not an official RAF event. It’s an event sponsored by the AIGA, and I encourage you to go out and see what the Dock 2 Letterpress is all about. Why? Because our new RAF mission is to strengthen our creative community, to educate, and inspire great work. And this shop is freaking sweet.

The Grand Opening is from 5pm to 9pm, this Friday the 18th.

Dock 2 Letterpress is located across from Webster Thomas High School on 855 Publishers Parkway, DOCK #2 in Webster, NY, 14580

Hope to see you there. I’ll be the one drooling over the Bookman woodblock typefaces in the back of the shop.

JOE

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