The printing press did not suddenly create books, but Gutenberg's movable-type printing system made producing large numbers of books much faster in 15th-century Europe.
#PrintingHistory #Gutenberg #History
#printinghistory — Public Fediverse posts
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The first book ever printed with a printing press in Europe is believed to be the Gutenberg Bible around 1455. It only took about 500 years to go from that to e-readers! #BookTrivia #PrintingHistory
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The Diamond Sutra, printed in 868 China, is the oldest known dated book. Created for free distribution, it carries profound teachings—what does that say about knowledge and ownership?
#AncientHistory #BuddhistTexts #PrintingHistory #ChineseHistory #HistoricalArtifacts
Read more:https://www.ancient-origins.net/artifacts-ancient-writings/diamond-sutra-oldest-known-printed-book-world-006185 -
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awesome find of the day: I discovered that 15 years ago I was a rather diligent note taker when conducting my doctoral research on Damascus, reading Arabic newspapers at the AUB library all day, everyday for months on end. Apparently, a local, water and steam powered paper mill was established north of #Beirut at نهر انطلياس in late 1882 by ثابت and باحوط. The official inauguration took place with much pomp in the presence of the Vali etc. in March 1883. In November 1882, the Jesuit weekly البشير even printed at least one issue on the new mill’s paper as a marketing device showing off its quality and calling on all printing presses and schools in Syria to utilise this local paper (also, of course, in the service of progress and the nation) .
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@tntype @dbellingradt @BiblioWingate @dohanian After running exiftools on a large number of digital facsimiles to compute average page dimensions and combining this ratio with the measured height of Arabic magazines found in library catalogues, it appears that page dimensions of 24.43 cm by 16 cm are somewhat close to Medium octavo after we account for some additional height caused by measuring the outside dimensions of bound library copies.
https://digitalcourage.social/@tillgrallert/115946913237198695
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Associate Curator Stephen Coles provides a bit of historical context for Langley’s San Francisco Directory (1891). See it in our Online Archive: https://oa.letterformarchive.org/item?workID=lfa_unitedstates_0050
#LetterformArchive #SanFranciscoHistory #PrintingHistory #IndustrialRevolution #VictorianDesign #Typography #PalmerAndRey
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CW: Artificial text - it's up to you to check if it's true.
🌊 Did you know that Electrotyping is the oldest form of printing? Invented in the late 1700s, it's a process where an electric current is used to transfer ink from a metal type wheel onto paper! 🎨 Nowadays, electrotyping is mostly used for fine art prints, but back in the day it was used for everything from books to posters. 📚🖥️ #electrotyper #printinghistory #art
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My fellow well-informed nerds: does anyone know why 6.69” x 9.61” is a standard trim size for booklets? When I search the interwebs, I can find all the places that *have* that size available, but it doesn't seem to correlate to any standard paper size listed anywhere.
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Exhibition celebrating the 400th annivesray of Shakespeare's 'First Folio' at Senate House Library, University of London.
https://www.instagram.com/p/C0CTzyzoQ2y/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
#shakespeare #shakespeareplays #ShakespeareSunday #printinghistory
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cfp for SHARP (Society for the History of Authorship, Reading, and Publishing) at the University of Reading next summer.
The topic is Global Book Cultures: Materialities, Collaborations, Access
https://research.reading.ac.uk/centre-for-book-cultures-and-publishing/event/sharp-conference-2024/
#cfp #conference #bookhistory #bookculture #textualculture #printinghistory #publishinghistory #BookPublishing
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Mijn meest kunstzinnige naamgenoot: Carl Fasol (1815-1892).
Carl Fasol ontdekte een geheel eigen wijze om afbeeldingen te drukken. Het effect dat je krijgt lijkt op een raster zoals je dat later in krantenfoto’s kon zien, maar wordt in dit geval gemaakt door een zetsel van drukletters waarop punten van verschillende groottes staan in een matrixpatroon. Hij noemde die techniek ‘stigmatypie’.
In deze link enkele voorbeelden:
https://www.fasol.nl/stigmatypie-afbeeldingen-drukken-met-puntjes/
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What's under the umbrella? Well, #newshistory, journalism from handwritten to printed to digital news, #maphistory, visual mapmaking by humans on whatever material, global #printinghistory, #manuscript usages, a trade focus on book flows, a reading history, and much more about communication flows and infrastructure usages with "books" of all formats and materials. Basically, #bookhistory is an overextension of many fields and approaches dealing with past communication flows and artifacts.
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I eye these ‘i’s (Siena, 1582). #rarebooks #printinghistory
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Wanted to re-up that my book Six Centuries of Type & Printing remains available! Hot-metal typeset, letterpress printed in London, bound in Germany. I explain the history of printing from before Gutenberg through the present, with all the major events in between. Order at https://glog.glennf.com/tiny-type-museum-time-capsule-and-more/six-centuries-letterpress #letterpress #printing #printinghistory #gifts #typophile #typography #gutenberg
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So, apparently, there's a boardgame called Gutenberg.
Reviewed here in SHARPNews @sharporg by @mkirschenbaum
#bookhistory #game #boardgame #printingpress #printinghistory
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Looking for a last-minute fancy holiday gift for a typophile? I can ship my book Six Centuries of Type & Printing (hot-metal typeset, letterpress printed in London, bound in Germany) first-class in the U.S. on Monday for late in the week arrival. I explain the history of printing from before Gutenberg through the present, with all the major events in between. Order at https://glog.glennf.com/tiny-type-museum-time-capsule-and-more/six-centuries-letterpress #letterpress #printing #printinghistory #gifts #typophile #typography #gutenberg
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Did you know I have a Patreon? Indeed, I do! I write both public and patron-only essays about printing history (and sometimes linguistic history tied up with printing), post photos, videos, and podcast interviews, and have a big back catalog of stuff you can read. In the coming year, I plan to post a lot more of accumulated research and travel stories! https://www.patreon.com/glennf This photo comes from a recent trip—explained in a public post at my Patreon site. #printinghistory #typehistory #art
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I haven't posted an #introduction as of yet, and I guess I should do so. I'm interested in the ways #rhetoric and #writing have been taught, historically speaking, though I also publish in the #DigitalHumantieis especially digital writing #Pedagogy.
More recently, I have been super interested in the politics of #PrintingHistory and access to printing technologies. I'm teaching and developing courses in #Bookmaking #BookArts and printing history. Gutenberg did not invent the printing press.
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Last playing cards post from me for now, but I’ve just learned the story of a late 17th century set of heraldic playing cards printed in Edinburgh. Not sure quite how I missed this when it happened, because it was blogged about by the University of St Andrews special collections team. Here’s their original post https://special-collections.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2011/06/29/rare-17th-century-heraldic-playing-cards-from-edinburgh/ and then their update https://special-collections.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2011/08/01/update-rare-17th-century-heraldic-playing-cards-from-edinburgh/ This story is also pushing my book historian buttons.
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I’m a technology journalist who contributes the Mac 911 column at Macworld and writes regularly for TidBITS. I write how-to ebooks for Take Control Books. My passion is type and typography, and I’ve spent the last several years researching printing history to develop specialty knowledge in comics strips and printing molds. #comics #printinghistory #typography #typophileghistory #typography #typophile #art 👋 #introduction Find my blog at https://glog.glennf.com/
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All this and more is #bookhistory nowadays: #newshistory, journalism from handwritten to printed to digital news transmission, #maphistory, visual mapmaking by humans on whatever material, #printinghistory, using global printing technologies, #manuscript usages ...(and more). Too much, isn't it? Remember the riot reference?