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{{quote|Well, Mario, after spending the last 30 years working day and night on this printing press, I’ve got a stack of reading to catch up on!|Johann Gutenberg|Mario's Time Machine}} | {{quote|Well, Mario, after spending the last 30 years working day and night on this printing press, I’ve got a stack of reading to catch up on!|Johann Gutenberg|Mario's Time Machine}} | ||
''' | '''{{wp|Johannes Gutenberg|Johannes Gensfleisch zur Laden zum Gutenberg}}''', known in-game as simply '''Johann Gutenberg''', was a [[Germany|German]] inventor whose innovations contributed significantly to the widespread use of the printing press. As the son of a wealthy merchant, he had the opportunity to experiment until the printer was able to print simple poems in 1450. After a court case against {{wp|Johann Fust}} resulting in his unfortunate loss, he was close to penniless, though a later title of recognition granted him a {{wp|stipend}} until his death in 1468. In ''[[Mario's Time Machine]]'', [[Mario]] meets Gutenberg in 1455 after traveling back in time to [[Mainz]] to return a [[Metal Type]] needed for his printing press. | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
===Bibliography=== | ===Bibliography=== | ||
According to ''Mario's Time Machine'', Johann Gutenberg grew up in Germany dreaming of a way to quickly and easily produce books ever since he was a kid, as scribes needed to create copies of every text by hand. As he inherited a large sum of money, he was able to dedicate his life to finding a method of doing this, which he eventually concluded is possible by printing words in a way that makes copying effortless. He first attempted to use wood, but the letters came out too blurry to be read. He spent thirty years and all of his inheritance to perfect the printing machine, and at last printed his first books in 1455, the | According to ''Mario's Time Machine'', Johann Gutenberg grew up in Germany dreaming of a way to quickly and easily produce books ever since he was a kid, as scribes needed to create copies of every text by hand. As he inherited a large sum of money, he was able to dedicate his life to finding a method of doing this, which he eventually concluded is possible by printing words in a way that makes copying effortless. He first attempted to use wood, but the letters came out too blurry to be read. He spent thirty years and all of his inheritance to perfect the printing machine, and at last printed his first books in 1455, the {{wp|Gutenberg Bible}}s. | ||
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