Title:

The Printing Press and How it Changed Books

Description:

While books today are certainly one of the most common items in any household, books were once very rare things that required that they were hand-written by specially trained artists. But in the mid-1400s, the availability of books and other printed matter changed with the invention of the movable-type printing press that allowed large numbers of books to be printed quickly. Interesting professions that cropped up from the invention of the printing press were typography and font design. From posters to books to custom printed bags, printing today is one of the most visual arts in existence.