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Arbo talk 15:44, 23 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Addition to Gutenberg's Hand Mould section of Typography

Your addition (reposted below) to Typography lies outside the scope of the section, Gutenberg's hand mould, the text of which is concerned with the signifigance of Gutenberg's invention and the hand mould itself—but not punchcutting, or a critique of Gutenberg's invention, or the history of early printing in Europe. That stuff belongs in Johannes Gutenberg, punchcutting, or the history of printing.

Johann Gutenberg, of the German city of Mainz, is acknowledged as the first to perfect a metal moveable printing type in Europe. Gutenberg was a goldsmith who knew the same techniques of cutting punches for making coins from moulds as the Koreans adapted to their system. Over a ten year period from approximately 1435 to 1450 he developed hardware and techniques for casting letters. Gutenburg's key invention, the custom metal font, was the first practical means of making cheap copies of documents in small quantities needed to print a single book. The essential pieces of hardware and techniques that make a punch matrix process viable and profitable, the hand mold, fully hardened steel punches,matrices and type have been found later in the Low Countries, but no hand mold, punches, type or matrices have ever been found that was associated positively with Gutenberg. It was when the materials were all robust enough, that European typography broke away from its Eastern forebearers with a letter-casting process that needed no post-processing touch-up for each letter, as both Gutenberg and the Koreans are documented to have required. With the more robust process, huge printing runs were possible with modest investment, and paper became the bottleneck.

I've snipped the text out and preserved it here, and reverted the article text back to the previous version

Arbo talk 16:05, 23 September 2006 (UTC)


the following text reposted from User talk:James Arboghast:
I had corrected a typo in the section "Gutenburg's Hand Mould" where "possible with modest investme," was changed to "possible with modest investment," by me. The section was missing the letters "nt", thus rendering the word investment incorrectly.
Why did you choose to disregard my change and revert to an earlier version? It most certainly does not lie "outside the scope of the section, Gutenberg's hand mould" as it is a simple typographical correction. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 69.139.64.88 Please sign your comments on talk pages by typing four tildes. For a registered user this will automatically print your user name and the date.
Sorry, I goofed. I mistook your IP address for a similar one—66.82.9.83—who appears to be a vandal.
It was the earlier addition here by 66.82.9.83, which I removed and reposted on this talk page above in italics, that lies outside the scope of the section on Gutenberg's hand mould.
I've put the "nt" back into the quoted text. If you like you can add that text, or parts of it, to Johannes Gutenberg, punchcutting, the history of printing, or letterpress. Or I'll do that for you, if you prefer. Leave a message on my talk page to let me know.
Once again, sorry for the mistaken identity and confusion. I see now that your edit was made in good faith.
Arbo talk 20:23, 23 September 2006 (UTC)