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Timeline of Printing and Typography

Technological advances have led to innovations in printing and typography. We can break the history of type into eras based on technology: pre-press (pre-Gutenberg); hard-metal reusable types (Gutenberg-style printing); hot-lead machine type (Linotype and Monotype); and the digital era (phototype to on-screen type). Today, we read screens — and the…