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Until the mid-15th century, all manuscripts had to be written out by hand, and the only way to make additional copies was to painstakingly copy out the original text. By the mid-1400s there was a race to perfect the techniques of printing with movable metal type. German goldsmith Johannes Gutenberg developed a press that would eventually see him recognized as the father of modern-day printing. Gutenberg’s press featured a movable “key” for each individual letter and symbol. His press mechanized