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... printers , whose professional innovations revolutionized print- ing in Basel and whose publications included many ... printing in Basel included popularizing the roman type , introducing italic and Greek fonts , experi- menting with ...
... printers , whose professional innovations revolutionized print- ing in Basel and whose publications included many ... printing in Basel included popularizing the roman type , introducing italic and Greek fonts , experi- menting with ...
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... printing in Europe ) , and founder , with Peter Schoeffer , of the first commercially successful printing firm . Fust , a prominent goldsmith , lent Gutenberg 800 guilders in 1450 to perfect his movable- type printing process . An ...
... printing in Europe ) , and founder , with Peter Schoeffer , of the first commercially successful printing firm . Fust , a prominent goldsmith , lent Gutenberg 800 guilders in 1450 to perfect his movable- type printing process . An ...
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... printing , the name given by English writers to the classical black letter type faces of medieval typography . history of printing and publishing 15 : 224c type classification and development 18 : 813h passim to 820c Gothicus : see ...
... printing , the name given by English writers to the classical black letter type faces of medieval typography . history of printing and publishing 15 : 224c type classification and development 18 : 813h passim to 820c Gothicus : see ...
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