Typography..

Typography has been around for thousands of years and dates back to people using it to create seals (wax) and currency.

The Typographical Principal - The act of creating an new text by reusing identical characters.


This was first realised in the Phaistos Disc which was a printing tool invented by the Minoans on Crete between the years of 1850 and 1600BC. Much later on in history the Disc was abandoned and in north western europe small tiles were adopted with individual letters on them and this was used instead,
       Johannes Gutenberg made the next advancement with the mechanical printing systems in the mid-15th century. He used lead based alloys to print the letters onto the page. His creation was was successful it is still being used today. Gutenberg created cheap ways of making letter punches which means people could print vast quantities of text quickly. Gutenberg's designs were instrumental to the start of the printing revolution. 

Early wooden printing press. Despite its simplicity it could produce
up to 240 impressions an hour. 

This was Gutenbergs's printer. Even though wooden printers
are a thing of the past the lead based alloy is still being used today