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Pictographs and symbols in the Lascaux caves in southern France represent the first known visual communication.
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Chinese government official Ts’ai Lun is credited with inventing paper.
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Pi Sheng, a Chinese alchemist, invents movable type, which allows characters to be individually placed for printing.
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Johann Gensfleisch zum Gutenberg is credited with perfecting the system for printing type in books.
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Albrecht Pfister becomes the first to add illustrations to a printed boo
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Nicolas Jenson, considered one of history’s greatest typeface designers, sets a new standard for the Roman type.
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The first Caslon Old Style font, which was later used for the printing of the Declaration of Independence, is developed.
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The development of the halftone screen allows for the first photo to be printed with a full range of tones.
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