This module provides a link between the past and the present provides some insight into the vitality, dedication, charm – and even fragility – of the makers of our typographic world.

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  Gutenberg’s Invention

  Many people think of Johann Gutenberg (c. 1398–1468) as the “father of printing.” And, in a certain sense, he is. However, he is not the inventor of the printing press, or of printing ink, or even of moveable type.