[Sca-cooks] OT mail question

[Elaine Koogler]

Terry Decker wrote:

> Gutenberg's claim to fame really isn't moveable type.  It's die cast 
> metal type with a standardized typeface.
>
> Just to clarify, Gutenberg is often given credit for moveable type, 
> but it was in use a half century earlier in Korea.  Also, there is 
> some debate as to whether Laurens Janzoon Koster (Holland) or Parnfilo 
> Castaldi (Italy) were using moveable type before Gutenberg.
>
> Bear
>
>> Damn Gutenberg and his movable type!
>>
>> Cadoc
>
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And...the first printed book (not sure if they used moveable type) came 
out in, IIRC, the sixth century in China...the Diamond Cutter Sutra.

Kiri