printing

An introduction to printmaking, demonstrating the processes of stamping, monoprints, stencils, and relief and incised printing.

This book discusses a brief history of designing for print, designing techniques, reproduction/printing process, design equipment.

Provides facts about the historical development of writing and printing, and includes illustrated, step-by-step instructions for related craft projects and activities.

Traces the importance of printing as a means of communication from the invention of moveable type to today's modern presses.

A biography of fifteenth-century goldsmith Johannes Gutenberg, who developed the first moveable-type printing press.

A biography of the fifteenth-century German printer who revolutionized printing with the invention of movable type.

Traces in text and photos the process by which wood, glue, and ink are brought together to make books, covering such aspects as cover design, printing, page trimming, and binding.

1450, Mainz, Germany: The first-ever printed book was "made of rags and bones, soot and seeds," lead, tin, and oak. And it changed the world forever.