http://typophile.com/node/14210 Comments for "Johannes Gutenberg" en http://typophile.com/node/14210 <p><strong><a href="/wiki/Indices" class="wiki">Indices</a> : Johannes Gutenberg</strong></p> <p><strong>Johannes Gutenberg</strong></p> <p>(circa 1398 - Feb 3, 1468) Inventor of the <a href="/wiki/letterpress" class="wiki">letterpress</a> printing technique using forged metal <a href="/wiki/movable%252Btype" class="wiki">movable type</a> and a press. He is accredited with producing the first western book using this technique, the &#8220;42-Line&#8221; (aka &#8220;Mainz&#8221; or &#8220;Gutenberg&#8221;) <a href="/wiki/Bible" class="wiki-create">Bible</a>. His letterpress printing technique was an amalgam of different technologies available at the time including wine presses and metal alloys.</p> <p>See also <a href="/wiki/Johann%252BGutenberg" class="wiki">Johann Gutenberg</a></p> <p>for more info:<br /> <a href="http://www.gutenbergdigital.de/gudi/start.htm" title="http://www.gutenbergdigital.de/gudi/start.htm">http://www.gutenbergdigital.de/gudi/start.htm</a></p> <p><strong>Discussion:</strong><br /> <a href="http://typophile.com/node/21133" title="http://typophile.com/node/21133">http://typophile.com/node/21133</a></p> wiki Thu, 28 Jul 2005 11:40:25 -0700 dan_reynolds 14210 at http://typophile.com