Messages from the Past, Hucul Printing’s Rich History
Back in the Day . . . Before Johannes Gutenberg invented movable type back in the 1400s, the handwritten manuscript was the method of recording and communicating information of the day. Gutenberg came up with a process for mass-producing movable type which included a type metal alloy and a hand mould for casting type. He also was the first to use oil-based ink and he invented a wooden screw-type printing press. Gutenberg’s inventions were regarded as the introduction to the…