Six Centuries of Type & Printing

If you ever wondered how the craft of printing was invented and how it evolved, this book answers that question and many others. Starting even before Gutenberg, Six Centuries of Type & Printing traces the development of type design, type manufacture, presses, and printing through the present digital era with many stops along the way. The book explains how many aspects of printing and type remain the same, despite a shift from metal to photography to bits, across almost six centuries of constant improvement.