Early movable metal type printing from the period of the Goryeo Kingdom shows surface tension of the ink, which is a common tendency of liquid on metal surface at rest to shrink into circular liquid ...

Up to 1,755 excavated artifacts, including the oldest existing movable metal type print blocks made in the Joseon era (1392-1910), at around 1434, will be unveiled to the public in the National Palace ...

Movable metal type (printing) blocks, which could be the earliest known depicting Hangeul, the Korean alphabet created in 1443 under the guidance of King Sejong the Great, were found in a pot during a ...

The ancient Korean kingdom of Joseon (1392-1910) is known as “a kingdom of type printing.” Starting with the first-ever Joseon system of movable metal type, called the gyemija (계미자, 癸未字), created in ...

About 1,600 blocks of metal movable type dating back to the 15th and 16th centuries have been discovered in downtown Seoul, with some inscribed with Hangeul around the time when the Korean alphabet ...