The technical revolution of the 20th century affected the printing as well. The typewriter came to replace the art of handwriting. In the 18th century only the upper class of society could afford a typewriter.
After some decades it became the only means of printing and photocopying. The inventor of the typewriter is Johan Guttenberg. In the 15th century he created a printing machine consisting of 23 letters and formed the first printed Bible.
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