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Ts'ai Lun invented paper. Paper is a very vital part of people's lives to this day! There would be no reason for the invention of some several other things without paper. -
Pi Sheng invented movable type printing when you individually place characters. This invention allowed people to make printers as good as we have today. -
Johann Gensfleisch zum Gutenberg perfected his machine that is an upgrade of movable type; his press system is able to print type in books. -
Albrecht Pfister was the first to add illustrations into a printed book! Imagine nobody ever put pictures in their stories; without Albrecht, that might have been what books were like now. -
Claude Garamond opened the very first type foundry where he made and sold fonts for printers. -
The first Caslon Old Style font was invented and was used in the Declaration of Independence. -
They released the first version of Adobe Photoshop, which completely changed the look of graphic design.