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My understanding is that "invention of the printing press" generally refers to movable type, the thing that caused a revolution in the mass production of writte
by lambdaphagy 5y ago
My understanding is that "invention of the printing press" generally refers to movable type, the thing that caused a revolution in the mass production of written material. Other techniques like block printing or indeed any other method of applying ink in a fixed pattern, came earlier but were not as generally useful.
- tdeck 5y agoPorcelain movable type had been used hundreds of years prior in China, but it never quite caught on because of the number of distinct characters needed.