Back to Discover
💻

Movable type

technology Maturity 9-11

People use small pieces to print.

Metal movable type.jpg
Metal movable type.jpg
These pieces have letters on them. You can move them to make words. This helps us make many books. It is a very smart way to work. Do you like to read books?

42 words
🖼️ Images & Media (12)
File:Metal movable type.jpg
Metal movable type.jpg
File:King of Na gold seal.jpg
King of Na gold seal.jpg
File:Jingangjing.jpg
Jingangjing.jpg
File:活字《佛说观无量寿佛经》残叶.jpg
活字《佛说观无量寿佛经》残叶.jpg
File:Chinese movable type 1313-ce.png
Chinese movable type 1313-ce.png
File:五贯宝卷.jpg
五贯宝卷.jpg
File:Korean book-Jikji-Selected Teachings of Buddhist Sages and Seon Masters-1377.jpg
Korean book-Jikji-Selected Teachings of...
File:Printing towns incunabula.svg
Printing towns incunabula.svg
File:European Output of Printed Books ca. 1450–1800.svg
European Output of Printed Books ca. 1450–1800.svg
Miklós Andor in the page-setting room of...
File:Long S-I Garamond sort 001.png
Long S-I Garamond sort 001.png
File:Ceramic type 02.jpg
Ceramic type 02.jpg
Up Next
💻
Printing
Technology
→
More to explore

✨ What else?

Related topics you might enjoy

Printing 0% History of printing 0% Typesetting 0%

🔬 Go deeper

More advanced topics to explore

Printing Stationery

🪜 Step back

Simpler topics to build understanding

History of printing History of books Typesetting
📚 Content adapted from Wikipedia | Readability: FK 12.8 | Vital Level 5