Johann Gutenberg
Movable type pioneer
Johann Gutenberg was a German inventor of the fifteenth century, credited with developing movable type printing in Europe.
His printing press revolutionized book production, making texts far cheaper and faster to produce than hand-copying allowed.
The Gutenberg Bible, printed around 1455, stands as his most famous work.
His invention helped spread literacy and accelerated the Renaissance and Reformation.
- printing pressMechanical text reproduction device
- printing revolutionMechanized text reproduction transformation
- RenaissanceEuropean cultural reawakening
- press runQuantity of copies produced
- publishing industryBusiness of producing books
movable type · metal type · hand press · block letters · black ink · legal disputes · humanism · bookbinding · Protestant Reformation · woodblock printing · paper production · Strasbourg · typography · goldsmith · libraries · typesetting · fifteenth century · education reform
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