Compare Hand Copying and Reusable Type - Practice 2

A manuscript is written by hand.

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A manuscript is written by hand. Movable type uses reusable pieces arranged for printing; a carved woodblock holds a larger fixed design. Printing histories include several regions and technologies, so do not claim one European inventor invented all printing.

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A page copied with a pen is a manuscript. Rearranging separate type pieces changes a printing layout without carving a whole new page block.

Three separate type pieces M, A and P are shown in one row, then rearranged P, A and M. Reusable pieces can form a new layout, unlike a single fixed whole-page block.

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A contour line joins positions at the same elevation. Walking along a drawn contour is different from crossing uphill through several contours.

Question 1 A page is newly written line by line with a brush. Which method is described? photography hand copying movable metal type

Question 2 A printer sets individual reusable symbols in a frame. Which principle is shown? movable type one fixed carved page block hand copying every page

Question 3 A block carries a full page of fixed carved text. What would changing many words usually require? Moving loose letters that do not exist in this model Only changing the ink color Changing the carved design or making another block

Question 4 Which claim is careful? Every community printed at the same time. Printing developed through multiple technologies and places. All printing began with one universal event in Europe.

Question 5 Can a printed source still contain errors? Yes; a printing method does not guarantee truth. No; ink guarantees truth. No; reusable type cannot set a wrong word.

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