[Sca-cooks] moveable type

[ranvaig at columbus.rr.com]

My apologies, I missed the word die cast in what you had written.
Ranvaig

>>According to a book that I read, Gutenberg's discovery was not
>>movable type as such, so much as his method using masters from 
>>which the type was cast.
>
>Die cast type
>
>Type wears out, and you need many copies of each
>>letter.  His invention made printing practical, by letting him 
>>carve each letter once, and cast copies as needed.
>>
>>Ranvaig
>
>Standardized type face.  Which, BTW, originally was script to give 
>the feel of reading a manuscript.
>
>Bear