{"id":237,"date":"2021-10-20T07:03:05","date_gmt":"2021-10-20T07:03:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/yelizavetaborissova\/?p=237"},"modified":"2021-10-27T01:15:29","modified_gmt":"2021-10-27T01:15:29","slug":"survey-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/yelizavetaborissova\/2021\/10\/20\/survey-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Survey 2"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The man whose invention changed the world<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Johannes Gutenberg is known for his invention, which is considered one of the most important in the history of humankind. He is the first person who made the printing press practical and accessible. His method of using movable metal type continued almost unchanged for five centuries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Johannes Gutenberg<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

He was born in Mainz, Germany, in the late 14th century. His father related to the upper classes and held a high position in the mint, where he stamped designs on gold coins. This fact probably influenced small Gutenberg. He moved to Strasbourg when his father died and started working as a metal maker and gem cutter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gutenberg used sand moulds to cast his typeface and adapted presses used in winemaking, papermaking, and bookbinding to create a printing press as well as oil-based printing ink. He worked on his invention secretly and most likely did not know that a similar printing press was invented in China in 1040 before him. Chinese printers used movable type, where individual characters were made of clay that could be chained together to form words and sentences. However, Johannes Gutenberg opened up movable printing to the Western world, which changed the order of things.<\/p>\n\n\n\n