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Peer reviewedIsmail, Ibrahim bin – Library Quarterly, 1984
This history of a London Missionary Society member's contributions to typography development in China highlights selection of 3,000 Chinese characters needed for purpose of printing Christian books, production of temporary font from wooden blocks, and use of European methods of punches and matrices to produce permanent metal font. (Twenty-seven…
Descriptors: Chinese, History, Letters (Alphabet), Printing
