Identify printed-type era

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Johannes gutenberg created the first printing press based on ?

On previously known mechanical presses and a process of mass-producing metal type

On an unprecedented scale, leading to the global spread of the printing press

On paper originated in China by the 7th century during the Tang dynasty

By the end of the 15th century his invention and widescale circulation of the Gutenberg Bible became responsible for whom?

For a international magazines publishing industry across Renaissance Asia

It became widely used throughout East Asia both as a method for printing on textiles and later, under the influence of Buddhism, on paper

For a burgeoning economical book publishing industry across Renaissance Europe and eventually among the colonial publishers and printers that emerged in the British-American colonies.

Why are cursive fonts of the italic type written with a stylish form of calligraphy handwriting?

Owing to the influence from calligraphy, italics normally slant slightly to the left

Owing to the influence from calligraphy, italics normally slant slightly to the right.

The capital letters were upright capitals on the model of Roman square capitals, shorter than the ascending lower-case italic letters

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