Movable type

Movable type (British English 'Moveable Type') is the system and technology of printing and typography that uses movable components to reproduce the elements of a document (usually individual letters or punctuation) usually on the medium of paper which was first invented in ancient China. The 19th-century invention of hot metal typesetting and its successors caused movable type to decline in the 20th century.

Movable type

Movable type (British English 'Moveable Type') is the system and technology of printing and typography that uses movable components to reproduce the elements of a document (usually individual letters or punctuation) usually on the medium of paper which was first invented in ancient China. The 19th-century invention of hot metal typesetting and its successors caused movable type to decline in the 20th century.