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				Before one can set type, it must be cast, before it is cast, a mold must be made---it was arguably in the production of molds where Gutenberg's primary contribution was made. To produce such a mold though, one would first cut a punch, a steel bar onto which a mirror image of the desired character is cut. ..... Type was made so for four-hundred years, changed first by the invention of the pantograph, then phototypesetting, and finally, digital typography.
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		Books
		Cover art		Counterpunch: making type in the sixteenth century, designing typefaces now Smeijers, Fred. (London: Hyphen Press, 1996). ISBN 0-907259-06-5 (paperback).
				Thorough description of how punches were cut and the implications for contemporary design.
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		Copyright 2003 William F. Adams  last updated 14 May 2003