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- 1Nostalgia for the dying craft of hand typesetting●When I was in junior high, one of the shop classes involved typesetting with old-fashioned movable type. More recently I
A writer recalls learning movable type in a junior high shop class and recommends "Twilight of the Velocipede," an account of typesetting races in the final years before Linotype machines displaced hand composition. The piece is drawing attention as a window on a vanished trade, when speed competitions tested compositors and mechanical printing was about to end an era of manual letterpress work.
- 2Korean Jikji, Not Gutenberg Bible, Is Oldest Movable Type Book●The Oldest Book Printed with Movable Type is Not The Gutenberg Bible: Jikji, a Collection of Korean Buddhist Teachings, Predated It By 78 Years and It's Now Digitized Online
The Jikji, a Korean collection of Buddhist teachings printed in 1377, is recognized as the oldest surviving book printed with movable metal type, predating the Gutenberg Bible by 78 years. The text has now been digitized and made available online, letting readers view a landmark of printing history long overshadowed by its European successor.