These pioneers included German goldsmith Johannes Gutenberg, who developed a press that would eventually see him recognised as the father of modern-day printing. “Integral to Gutenberg’s ...

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This video traces the journey from woodblock printing to Gutenberg’s movable type and beyond ... Discover how the press helped launch movements like the Reformation and evolved into the digital ...

Felix Mendelssohn originally wrote the melody for an 1840 cantata commemorating Gutenberg’s printing press, and declared that the “soldier-like” tune would never be suited to a sacred text.

. But the most important part of his invention was actually moveable type. Before Gutenberg, the closest Europe had to printing was the woodblock. The woodblock was a piece of wood with all the ...

Information and its delivery—whether through verbal or written communication—have undergone dramatic shifts over the ages, from the invention of Gutenberg's printing press to the telephone. But within ...