Pioneers of Print
Spread of Print through Europe
From Manuscript to Print
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From Manuscript to Print

Early Printed Books
Technology of the Book
The Explosion of Print
The Afterlife of Books
Make Your Mark
Texts through Time

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Video of printing in action

Video of printing in action

Watch a video of Graham Moss from the Incline Press operating a Britannia Press.

Pioneers of Print

Explore the lives of the first printers, medieval authors and readers, and collectors of early books.

Be creative, make your own printer's mark, like William Caxton or Aldus Manutius.

From Mainz to Westminster

Chart the 'explosion of print' from Germany to Italy, France, the Low Countries and England.

Texts through Time

Choose a fount and compose your own virtual type on screen. See how type changed through time.

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