Gutenberg

[ goot-n-burg; German goot-n-berk ]

/ ˈgut nˌbɜrg; German ˈgut nˌbɛrk /

noun

Jo·han·nes

[yoh-hahn-uh s] /yoʊˈhɑn əs/, Johann Gensfleisch, c1400–68, German printer: credited with invention of printing from movable type.

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The Daily Pic: Gutenberg replaced writing with print, but his clients were all about writing in books.
God is in the Margins|Blake Gopnik|November 6, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Garfield starts his tour of type and its history with Gutenberg and then meanders forward.
Mad About Fonts|Malcolm Jones|October 4, 2011|DAILY BEAST
But it is certain that some so-called Gutenberg documents, not included in the above 27, are forgeries.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6|Various
It does not seem easy to account for the existence of what the partisans of Gutenberg contemptuously term the Coster legend.
The Story of Books|Gertrude Burford Rawlings

It is hoped that the foundation of a Gutenberg Museum may be a result of this movement.
Appletons' Popular Science Monthly, December 1899|Various
One day Gutenberg told him that they needed a good man to cut the designs for the engravings.
Historic Inventions|Rupert S. Holland
He cut matrices for the whole alphabet, and then showed the letters cast from them to Gutenberg and Faust.
Historic Inventions|Rupert S. Holland

British Dictionary definitions for gutenberg

Gutenberg

/ (ˈɡuːtənˌbɜːɡ, German ˈɡuːtənbɛrk) /

noun

Johann (joˈhan), original name Johannes Gensfleisch. ?1398–1468, German printer; inventor of printing by movable type

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