DH100 Lecture 7: Dh100 lecture 7
18 Nov 2020
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Word processing and typesetting: word processor: a program or machine for storing, manipulating, and formatting text entered from a keyboard and providing a printout", (nowadays) typically wysiwyg. Typesetter: [someone of something who/which arrange[s] the type" or process[es] the data for (text that is to be printed)", traditionally a person, greater investment in detail (and time) Chinese and korean innovations: 8th c. woodblock printing, ca. 1040 ceramic movable type: type: block with one raised letter or character on its upper surface which can be inked and impressed upon a writing medium, ex, paper; originally made of wood again. It is a type or instance of particular character: ca. 1377 metal type is used in korea: setting type into a frame" => typesetting". From gutenberg onwards: 1462 gutenberg"s printing press. Cast type based on a matrix and hand mould first use of lead-tin- antimony alloy. First typefaces: type stored in practical cases by font6.
