The Story of Communication:

Printing—Websites to Explore

• History of paper: http://www.tappi.org/paperu/all_about_paper/paperHistory.htm
• History of paper: http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blpapermaking.htm
• Early printing: http://www.ippaper.com/gettips_pp_history.html
• Chinese printing, paper history: http://www.printersmark.com/Pages/Hist1.html
• Printing History, a journal: http://www.printinghistory.org/htm/journal/index.htm
• Museum of Printing History: http://www.printingmuseum.org/
• Typography: http://www.typebox.com/3thinkbox/3hist3_2.html
• Typefaces: http://abc.planet-typography.com/
• History of books: http://communication.ucsd.edu/bjones/Books/booktext.html
• Timetable of books, printing: http://www.xs4all.nl/~knops/timetab2.html
• Printing timetable: http://www.hotlinecy.com/printing1.htm
• Printing history guide: http://bubl.ac.uk/link/p/printinghistory.htm
• Mostly about Gutenberg, with timetable: http://www.dotprint.com/fgen/history1.htm
• Newspaper history: http://www.nyu.edu/classes/stephens/Collier’s%20page.htm
• Newspaper, magazine advertising: http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/eaa/
• The Penny Press: http://www.carleton.ca/jmc/cujo/showcase/allnews/press.htm
• Printing in America: http://library.thinkquest.org/18764/print/history.html
• Lithography: http://216.239.39.104/search?q=cache:opd6X1HEb48J:ipcoated.com/ Industry/PrintingPrimer/ Chapter1/HistoryofLithography.pdf+offset+lithography+history&hl=en&ie=UTF-8
• Printing photographs: http://www.ted.photographer.org.uk/photohistory_inprint.htm
  Comics: http://www.factmonster.com/ce6/ent/A0857471.html

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Other Resources for Printing

• Fascinating Facts

• Timeline

• Sample Chapter (you must have Adobe Reader)

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