Evening Star Newspaper, May 26, 1929, Page 130

HEN —:—;_;IJE“C_/_;‘IE;A;I::‘{~:T:_:‘_;-’=— = LABORICUSLY CRIPPING AN ———e— ACCOUNT OF MIS HUNTING EXPLOTS —==— 2> ; Z ',Qg” LI G i 5 AND TODAY —THE GREAT MODERN - . : ) . : S — 7 . e PRESSES TNAT PRINT OUR NEWSPAPERS. HIGH LIGHTS OF HISTORY Chapter CXXXIII: The Invention of Printing. By J. CARROLL MANSFIELD P\ I7ALIAN NOBLEMAN OF THE EARLY Beveral Hunprer vears 15 ™ CENTURY, WISHING TO FORM N\t Xee| BEFORE THIS TIME THE A LIBRARY, EMPLOYED 45 CopYISTS. ' > 3 CHINESE HAD LEARNED TO n / ‘ SOOI | PRINT PICTURES FROM WOOP> . B erors HE vENTION OF PRINTING ALL BOOKS HAD To BE LETTERED BY HAND AND WERE THERGRORE SO COSTLY THAT NONE BUT THE VERY RICH couLh AFFORD THEM. WHEN A PERSON WANTED To OWN A CERTAIN Book HE HAD To HIRE SOME -~ ONE To COPY IT FOR HiM. FREQUENTLY TNE LOPNIST MADE MANY MISTAKES.—* B3HEN HE carvep . THE WOOD> AWAY 7 FROM THE LINES, LEAVING THEM RAISED, — o j* FIRST, AN ARTIST wWouLD MAKE A DRAWING ON A BLodi oF wooP>.— ‘FWO YEARS, THESE MEN J WAD pRODUCE]P> ONLY W HEn- 18 THE SEconp quARTER OF THE 15 ™ CENTURY CAME THE INVENTION OF “MOVABLE TYPE,- LITTLE WoOoD BLOCIKS OF SINGLE LETTERS THAT CcouLd BE JOINED TOGETHER. To PRINT THEN COVERED WITH INK AND THE PICTURE STAMPED UPON PAPER . ELING MERCHANTS IN THE RIENT OBSERVED THE MARING OF WOODCUTS, AN INTRODUCEP> THE ART INTO ELROPE . — = EOR A LONG TIME WOOP> BLOCIKS WERE ONLY USED FOR PRINTING LARGE, DECORATIVE" INITIAL LETTIERS AND PICTURES. 3= rHonor oF BEING THE FIRST To USE MOVABLE- TVPE SEEMS To REST BETWEEN ‘JOHAN GIUTENBERG OF MAINZ ,GERMANY, AND LORENZ COSTER OF HAARLEM,HOLLAND; i 3 i 3 : GOT™H OF WHOM ARE iy 4 4 = S — ” . : , GoTHIC TYPE SAID TO HAVE BEEN . = = 7/ | LHEN (ABOVE) WHICH USING MOVABLE WERE VERY SIMPLE, BUT THE EARLY &/ HE FIRST LARGE BooOIK WAS USED BY TYPE SOME YEARS | | PRINTERS DID THEIR WORK SO WELL ] P | To BE PRINTED WAS THE THE EARLY PRIORTO 1450.—~ THAT THEIR BOOKS COMPARE FAVOR = ¢ 1i'] | 81BLE . IT WAS PRINTED PRINTERS. ABLY WITH THOSE OF A MUCH LATER DATE. IN MAINZ IN (456. N Lirrie LaTer MEN LEARNED TO CAST TYPE N IN METAL [THE METAL = LETTERS LASTED MuCH /K N WESTMINSTER, ENGLAND, Ee 2‘:&;2::55 é“é:fi‘:; PBLCAME CHEAPER, WiTH THE RESULT AT = MANY OTHER BOOKS. —- | [ THAT A GREAT MANY MORE PEOPRPLE