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A historical black and white illustration of Johannes Gutenberg from the shoulders up, facing to the left. He is wearing a fur hat, a ruffled collar and a one heck of a beard. That beard must have been an OHS hazard around a printing press. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Gutenberg.jpg

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A historical black and white illustration of Johannes Gutenberg from the shoulders up, facing to the left. He is wearing a fur hat, a ruffled collar and a one heck of a beard. That beard must have been an OHS hazard around a printing press. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Gutenberg.jpg
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ksircombe (ksircombe@aus.social)'s status on Friday, 27-Sep-2024 07:46:11 JST ksircombe
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You may recognise this fine fellow as Johann Gensfleisch zur Laden zum Gutenberg, renowned inventor of the movable type printing press.
One of his key innovations was adding antimony (and tin) to the lead to make type metal. /2

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