The all-day Poetry on Paper workshop on July 19 was a huge success. An entire family of creative writers and thinkers were the participants, and they generated very lively discussions about language and wording and expressive layouts before settling on a text to typeset and print on the Vandercook press. We discussed and auditioned fonts, papers, size of the layout and other actors that can enhance the meaning of the text. Much of the discussion revolved around the relevance of letterpress (which can seem slow and cumbersome) in a digital world, but it was agreed that visual and verbal expression can have room at the table for many traditional and contemporary processes. Many letterpress printers will plan a layout on a computer, for example, or add digital elements via inkjet before or after printing with an inked up press.