Magnetic letters stuck to the front of the refrigerator were the first contact that many a modern day letterpress printer had with movable type. Silly words, notes, love letters to one’s mother appeared in bright dimensional colors.
As I child, I took it a logical step further and applied a coating of finger paint to the arrangement of plastic type which decorated the front of our fridge. Then, with the help of a friend, tipped the unwieldy appliance onto its face and onto a large sheet of construction paper. Ok, not really, but just imagine.