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Radical idea: Could it be that both cheap paper and Gutenberg's invention contributed directly?
by chmod775 8y ago
Radical idea: Could it be that both cheap paper and Gutenberg's invention contributed directly?
- nonbel 8y agoIt wasn't either of those things. It was only possible due to the development of novel ink: https://www.bl.uk/treasures/gutenberg/ink.html https://www.bl.uk/treasures/gutenberg/ink.html
- jacobush 8y agoI'd argue type and ink were an integral invention.
- Merrill 8y agoCould be, but it appears that the price of paper started its decline long before movable type was invented. Using the internet analogy, movable type printing would be more like the LCD flat screen, which contributes mightily to the internet (especially mobile) but well after the Moore's Laws of integrated circuits, magnetic storage, and optical communications technologies have provided the basic infrastructure.