Saturday, July 25, 2015
Museum of Books and Printing
When visiting the Museum of books and printing I found it really interesting to learn how long it used to take people to write books when it first became a thing. One book would take approximately one year to write. Nowdays, we can print thousands of books per day with all of the technology we have around the world. It was also cool to see how they wrote books with the feathers, and how they printed books with the letter stamps that were stored in a box in alphabetical order.
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And the phrase "uppercase" came from putting capital letters in the case on top!
ReplyDeleteIt is interesting to think about how back then only a very small percentage of the population was literate, and books were not accessible to people who could have even had an interest in learning to read. Today we have stores and a world of online shopping where books are readily accessible to most people in developed countries. It's amazing how technological advancements can change a society so drastically. It makes perfect sense, but this museum helped me to appreciate the concept more.
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