Movable Type - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 6130209266 ISBN 13 : 9786130209261

Editeur : Alphascript Publishing, 2010

Synopsis

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Movable type is the system of printing and typography that uses movable components to reproduce the elements of a document (usually individual letters or punctuation). The first known movable type system was invented in China by Bi Sheng out of ceramic between 1041 and 1048. Metal movable type was first invented in Korea during the Goryeo Dynasty (around 1230). This led to the printing of the Jikji in 1377 —today the world's oldest extant movable metal print book.Neither movable type system was widely used, probably because of the enormous amount of labour involved in manipulating the thousands of ceramic tablets, or in the case of Korea, metal tablets, required by the use of Chinese characters. Around 1450, Johannes Gutenberg introduced what is generally regarded as an independent invention of movable type in Europe (see printing press), along with innovations in casting the type based on a matrix and hand mould. Gutenberg was the first to create his type pieces from an alloy of lead, tin and antimony—the same components still used today.Compared to woodblock printing, movable type pagesetting was quicker and more durable for alphabetic scripts.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Alphascript Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2010
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 6130209266
• ISBN 13: 9786130209261
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 64
• Éditeur: Miller Frederic P., Vandome Agnes F., McBrewster John
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• Personne responsable: non disponible