Lutinburg German guy is noted for printing in mass production 14th Century
Chinese printing 7th century.
California font cases were designed to be lighter so when transporting these heavy lead letters.
LETTERPRESS
Offset is the most common printing technique used today
water/ink mixture
downside..lot of waste
Revier - not used often but used for LARGE printing circulation, very cost effective.
The images are etched on a plate (concave)
used on plastic (a lot of copies made on noodles)
SILKSCREEN