One of the classic cautionary tales of Down Wing technological rejectionism is the story of the Ottoman Empire and the movable-type printing press. Although Johannes Gutenberg invented the press ...

Writing has existed since the 4th Century BC. However, its evolution beyond a basic counting method into a structured language was the preserve of religious institutions and the ruling elite. Books ...

A FEW YEARS ago Russell Maret, a New York artist, found himself puzzling over a question. In the 1920s and 1930s some preindustrial fonts were revived by Stanley Morison, a great British typographer.

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. BETHEL — Photos are a key part of any newspaper article. There’s a reason ...

Everyone who was born without a smartphone in their crib knows how a printing press works… in theory. You line up the type, ink up the slate, slap a piece of paper on, and then press down to print.

LE SUEUR — When artist Craig Kotasek saw an antique printing press firsthand at an exhibit in Minneapolis two decades ago, he noticed a resemblance to the agriculture equipment he’d grown up around as ...

Jones Printing co-owner Denise Jones stands next to a 15-year-old printing press in the back of her shop on Frankstown Avenue in Pittsburgh's Homewood neighborhood. Surrounded by stacks of paper, ink ...

If they still teach European history in America’s public schools, chances are that schoolchildren have some notion that the Protestant Reformation of the 16th century depended on the 15th-century ...

When the Olde Yakima Letterpress Museum moved to the Central Washington Agriculture Museum about three years ago, it meant more visibility for the nonprofit institution than it had experienced in its ...