printing press
Mass publication machine
A printing press is a machine that transfers ink onto paper or other materials, producing multiple copies of text or images.
The invention of the movable-type printing press in the 15th century revolutionized the spread of information.
Today the term often refers collectively to newspapers and journalism: freedom of the press, The story was picked up by the press.
Printing press surface
- cylinderCircular-based solid form
- rollerRotating cylindrical tool
- inkWriting fluid
- paperPressed pulp for writing
feed · chase · galley · composing stick · quoin · lockup · typeset · presswork
Printing press inventor's name
- movable typeReconfigurable printing components
- innovationCreating something original
- incunabulaEarliest European printed books
- woodcutRelief print from timber
engraving · typeface · font · colophon · Aldus Manutius · punch · matrix · foundry
Arranging text for print
- proofreadingChecking text for mistakes
- editorialPublication's official viewpoint article
- paginationSequential numbering of sheets
- circulationMovement through a system
periodical · broadsheet · gazette · newsletter · journalism · copyediting · layout · headline
Lettering style design
- fontCharacter style set
- picaPrinting measurement unit
- pointExact location or meaning
- leadingGuiding or pacing type
kerning · folio · quarto · octavo · recto · verso · signature · serif
Bound written work
- pamphletUnbound topical booklet
- broadsideFierce written assault
- newspaperPrinted periodical of current events
- handbillPrinted sheet for distribution
poster · tract · chapbook · almanac · leaflet · flyer · periodical · journal
Religious movement splitting Christianity
- EnlightenmentEra prioritizing reason over dogma
- RenaissanceEuropean cultural reawakening
- democratizationTransition toward popular rule
- mass literacySociety-wide ability to read
propaganda · pamphlets · broadsheets · censorship · secularism · nationalism · public sphere · banned books
platen
Printing press surface
paper · feed · chase · galley · composing stick · quoin · lockup · typeset · presswork · impression
Gutenberg
Printing press inventor's name
- movable typeReconfigurable printing components
- innovationCreating something original
- incunabulaEarliest European printed books
woodcut · engraving · typeface · font · colophon · Aldus Manutius · punch · matrix · foundry · blackletter
typesetting
Arranging text for print
- proofreadingChecking text for mistakes
- editorialPublication's official viewpoint article
- paginationSequential numbering of sheets
circulation · periodical · broadsheet · gazette · newsletter · journalism · copyediting · layout · headline · byline
typeface
Lettering style design
leading · kerning · folio · quarto · octavo · recto · verso · signature · serif · roman
book
Bound written work
- pamphletUnbound topical booklet
- broadsideFierce written assault
- newspaperPrinted periodical of current events
handbill · poster · tract · chapbook · almanac · leaflet · flyer · periodical · journal · gazette
Reformation
Religious movement splitting Christianity
- EnlightenmentEra prioritizing reason over dogma
- RenaissanceEuropean cultural reawakening
- democratizationTransition toward popular rule
mass literacy · propaganda · pamphlets · broadsheets · censorship · secularism · nationalism · public sphere · banned books · samizdat
- machineryengine, machinery, industrial machinery, motors, engines
- German Inventionsdiesel engine, automobile, X-ray, aspirin, MP3
- inventionssteam engine, lightbulb, light bulb, microscope, antibiotics
- Early ModernRenaissance, 1500s, 1600s, Reformation, sixteenth century
- Colonial Pressbroadsides, gazettes, pamphlets, almanacs, broadsheets
- counterfeitingcounterfeit currency, counterfeit bills, counterfeit cash, fake money, fake bills
printing presshand copying
Duplicating by writing manually
manuscript · calligraphy · illuminated manuscript · pen and ink · oral tradition
printing pressinternet
Interconnected computer systems
digital media · electronic publishing · social media · e-book · online journalism
printing presscensorship
Official content restriction
book burning · suppression · information control · banned books · thought control
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