Gutenberg created the first letterpress. After this letterpress has in advanced. No one had to set the type by hand. This made it much easier to create type that was more clear and organized. Letters become more evens spaced and no longer did people had to write books by hand. This allowed people to create more books.

(These are photos of when we went to see printing being done.)

Offset is when the printing press is printing off a plates. Images and text are placed into the plates, which then transfer to the paper. The images and text are made from negatives. Offset printing was a big shift from letterpress. It moved away from what letter press did. Offset is a lot faster than letterpress.