Gutenberg
Movable type inventor
Gutenberg refers to Johannes Gutenberg, the 15th-century German inventor of the movable-type printing press—a development that revolutionized the spread of knowledge in Europe.
His name attaches to things honoring that legacy: Project Gutenberg digitizes public-domain books; a Gutenberg Bible is among the most valuable printed objects in existence.
In web development, Gutenberg is WordPress's block-based editor.
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- typesettingArranging text for print
- letterpressPrinting from raised surfaces
- compositorOne who arranges type
- impressionEffect on the mind
matrix · incunabula · woodcut · engraving · folio · quarto · octavo · vellum
Lettering style design
- fontCharacter style set
- glyphVisual form of character
- serifLetter terminal flourish
- romanUpright letter style
gothic · ligature · kerning · punch · foundry · sorts · case · chase
Christian sacred writings
- volumesAmounts or books
- editionsVersions of publications
- manuscriptsHandwritten or typed originals
- codexAncient bound manuscript
folios · chapters · leaves · binding · scriptorium · copies · facsimile · incunabulum
Large-scale standardized fabrication
- literacyAbility to read, write
- democratizationTransition toward popular rule
- ReformationReligious movement splitting Christianity
- pamphletsThin informational booklets
broadsheets · censorship · scholarship · Enlightenment · humanism · propaganda
Electronic reading material
- digitizationAnalog-to-electronic transformation
- archiveStored historical records
- volunteerUnpaid willing participant
- HartEnglish-origin family name
copyright · open-source · catalog · downloads · formats · audiobooks
press
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- typesettingArranging text for print
- letterpressPrinting from raised surfaces
- compositorOne who arranges type
impression · matrix · incunabula · woodcut · engraving · folio · quarto · octavo · vellum · parchment
typeface
Lettering style design
roman · gothic · ligature · kerning · punch · foundry · sorts · case · chase · galley
Bible
Christian sacred writings
- volumesAmounts or books
- editionsVersions of publications
- manuscriptsHandwritten or typed originals
codex · folios · chapters · leaves · binding · scriptorium · copies · facsimile · incunabulum · collectors
mass-production
Large-scale standardized fabrication
- literacyAbility to read, write
- democratizationTransition toward popular rule
- ReformationReligious movement splitting Christianity
pamphlets · broadsheets · censorship · scholarship · Enlightenment · humanism · propaganda
ebooks
Electronic reading material
- digitizationAnalog-to-electronic transformation
- archiveStored historical records
- volunteerUnpaid willing participant
Hart · copyright · open-source · catalog · downloads · formats · audiobooks
- German cultureOktoberfest, Bavaria, Bavarian, Berlin, Munich
- GermanyBerlin, Munich, Hamburg, Germany, German
- Media Historyprinting press, newspaper, telegraph, radio, television
- printingprinting press, letterpress, printing, lithographers, offset printing
- German FiguresOtto von Bismarck, Bach, Beethoven, Albert Einstein, Goethe
- Knowledge Historyprinting press, library, Alexandria, encyclopedia, writing systems
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Manual document copier
calligrapher · amanuensis · illuminator · oral tradition · copyist
- Johannes Gutenberg
- Gutenberg BibleFirst mass-produced book
- Gutenberg pressFirst European movable-type device
- Johann GutenbergInventor of mechanical printing