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Where was movable type first invented?
Answer: China
Why: Bi Sheng was printing with baked clay type around 1040, about four centuries before Gutenberg.
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Whose writing was scrambled to make Lorem ipsum?
Answer: Cicero
Why: Lorem is a chopped-off piece of dolorem, part of a Latin phrase meaning pain itself.
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What did Hermann Zapf first sketch Optima on?
Answer: A banknote
Why: The idea came from tombstone letters in Florence's Santa Croce church, whose strokes flare at the ends instead of having serifs.
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What does pt stand for in a 12 pt font size?
Answer: Point
Why: In metal type the size measured the block each letter sat on, not the letter, so same-size fonts can look different.
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How many points make one inch in digital type?
Answer: 72
Why: The older American printer's point was a hair smaller, so 72 of those fell just short of an inch.
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Which firm cast the most metal type in early 1900s America?
Answer: American Type Founders
Why: Formed by consolidating 23 companies in 1892, American Type Founders held 85% of the market.
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